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And yet there was still a sense that Hollywood underserved her canny ability to appear both ferocious and vulnerable, whether as a horror heroine in “Scream 4” or a superpowered cheerleader on “Heroes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

But the pair are just the latest in the long line of hustlers, fraudsters and canny opportunists who have been working to undermine science in this country for more than a century.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Shorn of the suspended Ramsey and Davies, Wales were stifled by their canny opponents, who secured a 2-0 win with second-half goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

"His reaction, for someone who's normally pretty canny when it comes to the media, is extraordinarily counterproductive," said Bale.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

He waited, canny enough not to commit himself until his wife had agreed to follow suit.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

The book reveals negotiations over public funding for the royals when the Sovereign Grant was introduced in 2012 - and presents the Palace as cannier about money than their counterparts in Westminster.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2025

But that film was a cannier bid for next-level success, offsetting its three-act corniness with emotional stakes that led to a crescendo of its genius headliner’s performance prowess.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025

But it would have been cannier of Barnes to make her a genuinely convincing provocateur.

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

In this relationship, she’s the cannier and the crueler.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2019

Ca' cannier and be a wee thing quieter in your langwidge.

From The Half-Hearted by John Buchan

My favorite is about the two best friends who started the La Mancha development company, one of the biggest and canniest of the mini-mall builders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2024

Wolfson is widely considered to be one of the canniest operators in UK retail and NEXT's significant on-line business has helped the company weather the assault of e-commerce on traditional retail.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2021

To the south of France’s canniest festival of cinema, then, where a buffet of Mel Gibson movies is being shopped to apparently voracious buyers.

From The Guardian ● May 16, 2019

Khrushchev soon emerges as one of the canniest of these survivors, though Beria moves faster and initially with far more lethal force.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2018

How should a wife not love her man, the wisest, canniest prince in Christendom, too!

From Two Penniless Princesses by Charlotte Mary Yonge