devious
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Salton is devious and untrustworthy, but is Batter’s only clear path to a promotion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
The idea to accommodate Nazi generals in comfort to lure them into indiscretions was a "brilliantly devious strategy", Albano said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
What stands out from the narrative is the persistence, cynicism and devious tactics used by the man who was the party's chief executive for more than two decades.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Now, as third baseman Max Muncy said with a devious grin from atop a makeshift stage in the Dodger Stadium outfield, “it’s starting to get a little bit comfortable up here. Let’s keep it going.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
He could have guided himself by the smell if the smell had not been all over the house, so devious and at the same time so definite, as it had always been on his skin.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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