resourcefulness
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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
Still, the limitations he trained under gave Desplat some of his greatest strengths: creativity, resourcefulness, speed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended the special forces involved "for their resourcefulness and their bravery".
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025
But Odysseus was not only a hero, he was a man of great resourcefulness.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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