resourcefulness
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“This all goes back to the resourcefulness that I learned when I was young,” Caballero says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
William Golding wrote his tale partially in response to “The Coral Island,” a Victorian-era potboiler about three boys who survive a shipwreck thanks to their bluff resourcefulness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Yet the bigger lesson of “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” is about resourcefulness and freewheeling imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended the special forces involved "for their resourcefulness and their bravery".
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025
When Red made it north, he took up with the railroad and dedicated himself to the cause with a sinister resourcefulness.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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