knack
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While Patchett has clearly drawn on actual events and individuals to produce this luminous work, she exhibits the expert novelist’s knack for following a plot where the imagination takes it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Yet he possesses an uncanny knack for actually hitting the ball straight.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
A music man in his own right, McCartney’s father exerted a prodigious influence on The Beatles’ knack for ranging far and wide when it came to generic considerations.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
And yet the glue that held it all together was Marquinhos, still peerless at 31, and with the uncanny knack of being in the right place at the right time while exuding calm authority.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
“I suspect Trip has a pair of clever dice or an equally clever skill which probably extends to cards as well. I thank you for your timely warning, but a knack is something else entirely.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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