deftly
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"Both the State and Murdaugh's defense skillfully presented their cases to the jury as the trial court deftly presided over this complicated and high-profile matter," the justices wrote.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
Lowery’s frenetic opening sequence deftly builds the film’s phantasmic framework.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
As their characters, Conforti, Blanchard and Ardies, deftly carve out discrete personalities beneath their plum-colored homogeneity, each playing a role that is, in turn, playing a role while also remaining desperately human.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
He is an able guide, piloting us deftly through the economic and cultural intricacies of a half-dozen societies in language that is mostly brisk and well-paced.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Queen positioned her chair close to his bed, deftly lifted him up, and cuddled him in her ample lap.
From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper
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