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She favors installing parental controls, even though wily children can outwit them, on grounds that some thwarting is better than none at all.

So, given rats have shown themselves to be wily in avoiding being caught - what would it really take to stop them?

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The recent appointment of Roig – a wily Spaniard who helped Nadal win each of his 22 Grand Slam titles - feels like a longer-term bet.

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And in the just-perverse-enough “Sanctuary” from the prior year, Qualley’s ruthless, wily dominatrix wavers between vulnerability and authority in the blink of an eye.

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But Chalamet’s irresistible charms will go a long way in tampering that distaste, especially as a wily ping pong player.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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