thinly
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Set between 2019 and 2021, Sorkin’s film stares down the dawn of a new decade, preparing for the birth of our current web of chaos, cruelty and thinly veiled deceit.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
"But they've applied her prodigious charms too thinly, and even she – with her preference for all things 'sumptuous' – can't stop the feeling that the show has gone more than a little stale."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
"We think that this is a thinly traded area of the market, that we're in August, and there's been a lot of corporate issuance that's influenced the market," Bessent said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Russia has relied on a combination of infantry sneaking through Ukraine’s thinly held front line, and drones targeting Ukrainian movement behind the lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
I go rigid, smiling thinly, as I eye her baby bump and try to subtly move away from it.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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