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As Leland, a teen who kills his ex-girlfriend’s developmentally disabled brother, Gosling mostly stays blank and vacant; his unwavering reticence is required by Matthew Ryan Hoge’s script, which relies on a final reveal to justify its existence.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026 -
In Florida’s capital, there was little stomach for persistent deep-state reticence.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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This claim swayed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to note this version of the administration’s fabrication in his dissent, which will be forever linked to this administration’s subterfuge.—
Mark Pirie,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Both nations are among the tournament's top contenders, which made the last few practices stateside simmering with subterfuge.—
Ren Clayton,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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That silence was also instructive, some prominent American Jews said.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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By taking a beat to sit in silence with closed eyes, people are giving themselves a moment to notice the world, rather than shut it out.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Like the tricksters of myth, there’s depth to their slyness.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
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Ay, the superb slyness of that last response!—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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The second ground is concealment of a material fact or willful misrepresentation.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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After many years of concealment in a private collection, the set was exhibited in Madrid in 2023, used as a backdrop for a series of performances in 2024 and eventually exhibited in Milan in 2025.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
27 Mar. 2026
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Why Metchie made sense for the Panthers The Panthers had a need for shiftiness at wide receiver.—
Mike Kaye
Updated March 11,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Mar. 2026
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That shiftiness can create room for him — and time for his teammates to get in position for a pass.—
The Athletic,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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In a separate incident last week, an F-35 stealth fighter made an emergency landing.—
Chris Looft,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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To preserve stealth and the element of surprise, the operators might create a staging ground several miles from their objective, which might include building a makeshift landing strip.—
Sheena Samu,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Such an arrangement would fall out of step with China’s wariness towards military tie-ups.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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But there has been a lot of overlap, including respect for tradition and order, the importance of institutions, the rule of law, and the complexity of human society, along with a wariness of radical change.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Furtiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furtiveness. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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