nimble
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Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData, said the latest results show "Nike's brand heat continues to fade and it isn't powerful enough to punch back against more nimble competitors."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
He reckons he can make a go of it, cutting the cost of parking and overheads, resetting rents and being more nimble than previous far-flung owners.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Until recently, however, aerial microrobots have been far less nimble than the insects that inspired them.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
But it is stage vet Carrie Coon who has the most provocative role: that of nimble social climber Bertha Russell, whose ambition knows no limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He jumped up, nimble as ever, and caught her.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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But Austrian startup CycloTech says it can make aircraft even nimbler with its motors -- shaped like an open cylinder with the sides made up of several wing-shaped blades.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Critics worry that the quieter, nimbler drones will be used to surveil the public with little oversight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
But the rise of digital technology and decline of linear TV have eroded those advantages and instead favor nimbler startups that can respond to trends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
In fact, for the past few decades, the civilian sector of the economy has been far nimbler and more innovative than Pentagon-funded initiatives, so — don’t be surprised — military spinoffs have greatly diminished.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2024
Behind them stood their mounts, Arabian stallions—faster than dust devils and nimbler than Athena’s thimble.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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And his vocal runs in a song like “Keith Whitley,” titled after the late country singer, have an appealing gruffness even at their nimblest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
But whether riding an exercise bike or scaling the skeletal set, McKellen is always the nimblest presence; the actor’s the thing, and the audience made its appreciation thunderously clear.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Gardner has long been considered both one of the nimblest Republican politicians and also one of the most vulnerable.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2020
Even your best telecasts somehow find a way to make the nimblest dancers stumble in some way or another.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2017
Rajesh had once been the most promising of the brothers—the nimblest, the supplest, the most charismatic, the most energetic, the most beloved and idolized by my father and his family.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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