shifty
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"Bird-watchers are tense, competitive, selfish, shifty, dishonest, distrusting, boorish, pedantic, unsentimental, arrogant and - above all, envious" he wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Trying to look manly and tough when your entire regime, from the top on down, consists of shifty characters with a wide range of obvious personality disorders might seem like a categorical error.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
On the hunt for her next scoop—“the kind of thing people kill for”—she makes an appointment with a shifty potential source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
While it’s likely traditional kick return guys — think diminutive, shifty and speedy — would still have a role, there is a question of whether prototypical running backs could be useful.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
This was typical Herdman—too shifty to figure out, and Alice didn’t even try.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
Moss’ physical straight-ahead running style is expected to complement starting running back Devin Singletary’s shiftier approach.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2020
As teams went all-in on speed in reaction to the Penguins’ championships, smaller, shiftier players briefly had an edge over the players who dwarfed them but couldn’t get down the ice quite as fast.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2019
“Myles is a little shiftier, a little more wait, wait, patient. Lavon is more of a downhill, find a crease and hit it hard. That’s when I think that he’s at his best.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2016
"I was a little shiftier, more erratic," Warner said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2010
Their shiftier shapes might have held a message that in my new happiness and with a little bit of time I’d soon decipher.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
A four-star recruit from nearby Tampa and the shiftiest player on the Gators’ roster, Napier had seen enough of Wilson during fall camp to realize the true freshman could help right away.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
Miami traded five draft picks for Hill in March, bringing in one of the NFL’s shiftiest, speediest wideouts to ignite an offense that has flourished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
So far, Lee has been Penn State’s shiftiest back.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2021
The Dodgers and Rays are among the "shiftiest" teams in the majors.
From Fox News ● May 23, 2019
He was known throughout the football world as one of the shiftiest runners of his day.
From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards
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