shrewdly
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This is where Derry Girls star Coughlan popped up from the audience, shrewdly observing that British people "tend to root for the failure of others".
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
He followed, and I, a wannabe actor who shrewdly noted the CAA tag in his bio, followed back.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
These acts borrowed shrewdly from American hits—the hard-charging “APT.” sounds like it could have come out on a Lady Gaga album, while the reggae-pop of Katseye’s “Gabriela” evokes the group Fifth Harmony.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
It shrewdly demanded a ceasefire and hostage exchange as the deal’s first steps.
From Slate • Nov. 21, 2025
Then an idea seemed to strike him and he said shrewdly: “Yet I will myself take you there, and if you prosper you can pay me.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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