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craven

[kray-vuhn] / ˈkreɪ vən /




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These people are craven dummies, but they do make up a good swath of Canada’s eligible voters.

From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2025

We would not wish to emulate their most craven tactics, of course, but could learn something from their strategic resolve.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

The judge’s admonishment of Peters was breathtaking as he rejected her lies and laid bare her craven motivations and manipulations.

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2024

Or, for that matter, the jealous, craven Guy rising to the surface, whom Stan nails hilariously with each stewing grimace.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024

He shuddered at his own craven circumlocution, using so meaningless a word to obscure so hideous a truth.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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