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conniving

[kuh-nahy-ving] / kəˈnaɪ vɪŋ /
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SantaCon’s conniving leader gives New Yorkers another reason to hate the yearly bar crawl.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

"Marty Supreme," starring Oscars frontrunner Timothee Chalamet as a conniving 1950s table tennis player with big dreams, finished in fifth place at $6.7 million.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

Court documents filed this week paint an image of both a conniving player and a fragile individual.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

The conniving producers, stagestruck backers, formidable labor organizations and long hours in grim conditions show that Shakespeare really is our contemporary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Your kindness may be meanness now, and your bleak honesty fretful and conniving.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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