street-smart

New Zealand's "street-smart" cricketers can find a way to beat England and guarantee their semi-final place at the T20 World Cup, coach Rob Walters said on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

And it’s a brief respite from work — she plays street-smart second-grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti on ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and is currently on tour performing her comedy show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2024

He often played a mob boss, a street-smart detective or a bedraggled working man.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2023

But along with this feisty, charming, street-smart performer, the kotha also saw Rekhabai transform into a doting, fiercely-protective mother who did everything in her power to give her son a better life.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2023

Even the street-smart and experienced Lamphere was not prepared for Gardner's personality or his unusual brilliance.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

If the spark does not return, Brook will rely on the power of the collective – what India's bowling coach Morne Morkel described as a more "street smart" England set-up under the Yorkshireman's leadership.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

How then do we balance our social need for a certain degree of mutually presumed integrity with a self-preserving requirement for some street smart skepticism of Greeks bearing gifts?

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023

The deeply caring Tess is a perfect victim, but she’s also street smart, and her soft skills and ability to read others are the most effective powers for fighting the evil she encounters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

“He had a first class legal intellect while at the same time being street smart and tough.”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021

I keep chattering and though she’s my little sister, she’s street smart.

From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes