guile
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Howe's side have often lacked the guile to find a way through a low block, which then feeds into their main issue on the road - a lack of goals.
From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
Like Julien Duvivier and François Truffaut before him, Kiarostami captures their innocence and guile with righteous force.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Harmer outdid the Indian spinners in their own den with his guile and turn.
From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025
“She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star,” wrote actor Bette Midler on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025
We proceeded along the street, marching warily to avoid the assaults of guile unmoved by the fear of bombardment; the shops and warehouses to either side of us were evidently deserted.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing guile
The Crucible
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Grade 11, List 2
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