masterstroke
Example Sentences
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Wagner’s signing with the Rams last March was hailed as a masterstroke at the time, the defending Super Bowl champions picking up one of the greatest defensive players in the league’s history.
From Seattle Times
But there is a simple guidepost available: reclaiming the meaning of freedom, itself a core liberal value that conservatives have stolen in a masterstroke of envious reversal.
From Salon
Despite the sneers of many Republicans who are eager to abandon the Ukrainians to the terror that awaits them if Putin wins, Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv was a diplomatic masterstroke.
From Seattle Times
Rihanna's prescient choice to shift gears with the 2017 establishment of her Fenty beauty and fashion companies was the entrepreneurial masterstroke that moved her from being merely wealthy to the world's youngest self-made billionaire.
From Salon
In what appeared to be a masterstroke of planning, or a bit of luck, the explosion was large enough to rupture fuel tanks in the passing train, setting it on fire.
From Seattle Times
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