finessing

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With enough time and imagination, kickers and equipment managers are capable of finessing footballs in ways that make them soar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

Amid and despite the off-field trauma, Stokes was building an anthology of epic performances, finessing an ability to make Test cricket bend to his will.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

The outreach requires finessing complex legal and diplomatic disputes that have long poisoned ties, but, as the court cases demonstrated, history hangs heavy over the relationship.

From Washington Times • Dec. 22, 2023

There is no leveraging, cajoling, or finessing the calculations of thrust, the pressure inside the cryogenic tanks, or the behavior of a 165-foot-long spaceship attempting a rocket-powered landing.

From National Geographic • Nov. 18, 2023

Go on with your sincerity, Madam; and for God's sake admonish the Crown-Prince to avoid finessing!'

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 08 by Carlyle, Thomas