crafty
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You can also fill individual piping bags with your favorite sauces and get really crafty.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Arsenal's 11 international withdrawals - injury crisis or crafty caution?
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
This is the perfect time to give it to a crafty friend or neighbor.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
“Mia is a crafty midfielder with great vision,” coach Marlon Archey said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
The case Madison had tried to make for the Potomac was simultaneously crafty and driven by romantic illusions about its prowess that were shared by Jefferson, Washington, and most members of the Virginia dynasty.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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The remaining nominees — knockouts of style and mood — are craftier evocations, digging into spaces where memories are vivid yet elusive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
But the French league will still have Messi, who’s a little slower but a lot more craftier.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
But the flipping is craftier than just that.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2019
Nearly a decade older and substantially craftier, Ms. Lash has returned to some of the same thematic territory in her new work, “Desire,” which premieres at the Miller Theater at Columbia University on Wednesday.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2019
She’d used craftier methods, like this, and gotten better results.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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If that happens, the craftiest otters may be the most prepared.
From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024
She’s the craftiest operator within the Waystar Royco ranks and has survived attempts by others to have her ousted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Since then, the Packers have rolled off four wins in a row with Rodgers back to his craftiest and most resourceful self.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
What he brings: One of the craftiest scorers in college basketball, the 6-foot-8 Windler converted more than 50 percent of his two-point field goals and 40 percent of his threes the past three seasons.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2019
Among the delegates was a “shaggy man with an unprepossessing manner and a crooked smile,” whom American Kremlinologists identified promptly as Semyon Tsarapkin, one of Moscow’s craftiest diplomatic negotiators.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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