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She turned out to be a wily negotiator.
a wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers' insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really need
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Others claim that the storms are instruments in a wily scheme against conservative voters, and that left-wing politicians have deviously chosen to unleash them just weeks from a dead-heat presidential election.
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Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
The hapless Wallace and his wily hound Gromit cross paths with an errant gnome in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2024
Because the wily Canadian did one of the hardest things in all of Survivor — getting two people who absolutely HATE each other and really, really wanted to vote each other out to instead combine their powers like the mighty Wonder Twins and actually work together.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Billy Crudup took best supporting actor in a drama for The Morning Show over cult Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano, whose performance as the wily samurai Kashigi Yabushige was a Shogun fan favorite.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2024
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Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2024
The hapless Wallace and his wily hound Gromit cross paths with an errant gnome in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
—Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2024
Because the wily Canadian did one of the hardest things in all of Survivor — getting two people who absolutely HATE each other and really, really wanted to vote each other out to instead combine their powers like the mighty Wonder Twins and actually work together.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Billy Crudup took best supporting actor in a drama for The Morning Show over cult Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano, whose performance as the wily samurai Kashigi Yabushige was a Shogun fan favorite.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Wily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wily. Accessed 19 Oct. 2024.
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