preternatural
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The Dodgers should sit Raman in their dugout come playoff time, because her knack for scoring while behind is almost preternatural.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Our chef, Floyd Cardoz, had come from the famed four-star restaurant Lespinasse and paired impeccable technique with a preternatural understanding of Indian spices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Give him six months of training and his alpine lineage and preternatural athleticism could have him scaling Everest and snowboarding down it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Here is a writer and director with not just plenty on his mind, but the preternatural proficiency to execute those ideas in haunting, humorous and really quite moving ways.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
It felt wrong, preternatural; it shouldn’t have gotten so cold so quickly.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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