street-smart

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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

But when Zoë is forced by circumstance to look into the case, she reveals herself to be fearless, dogged and street-smart, as noir an investigator as Oxford is likely to get.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2025

Brook, like Stokes and McCullum, is street-smart - hardened by playing in Yorkshire's tough men's leagues by the age of 13 - and rough around the edges.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2025

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

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2023

He’s a street-smart dog, but there’s much he hasn’t seen.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate