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Noun
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Queen’s duplicity and thirst for vengeance make a stunning showcase for Lewek’s electric sense of drama, brilliant tone, and spitfire technique.—
Matthew Gurewitsch,
airmail.news,
17 Aug. 2024 -
The Cold War nurtured a culture of secrets and lies that the population came to tolerate as a strategic necessity; at the turn of the millennium, the war on terror took that duplicity to new levels of sophistication.—
Karen Parker Lears,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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There’s an unapologetic cunning at the heart of this series, and a mercurial spirit that’s as slippery as blood on an Italian marble floor.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2024
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Just as Nordlinger shows that the peacemakers and Nobel laureates whose work holds up best are those who brought specific conflicts to an end, the organizations in Bob's account that get the most done are those that pursue limited goals with cunning and patience.—
Walter Russell Mead,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2012
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Next for Fonseca is Lorenzo Sonego, a 29-year-old Italian who will have to hope that wisdom and guile win out over the exuberance of youth.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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Getting out doesn’t just require thumb-shredding dexterity, wit, and guile but also — fittingly for its premise — patience.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2024
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Biden’s pardon is so broad it reeks of dishonesty and irresponsibility.—
Nicole Russell,
USA TODAY,
6 Dec. 2024
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Cheating and deliberate misrepresentation/dishonesty were the moral dilemmas rated most negatively in the dataset—even more so than intentional harm.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
30 Dec. 2024
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Everything about Sebastien had been a deceit, a masquerade.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Without this ability, the digital landscape will remain increasingly vulnerable to manipulation and deceit.—
Steven Smith,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
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It’ll be replaced by Lost Shaker Bar & Grill, which plans to infuse the dive bar with craft cocktails and elevated comfort food.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacramento Bee,
23 Jan. 2025
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Table Talk Games Restaurant Critic In-Training Chef David Kuo, head chef and owner of West Los Angeles’ Little Fatty Taiwanese soul food restaurant, Fatty Mart market hall, and award-winning craft cocktail destination, Accomplice Bar.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Through his double-dealing with the government, Carmine Falcone was Gotham’s top crime boss for over two decades, accruing massive wealth, political influence, and an elite status.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
21 Oct. 2024
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While the Biden Administration seems to perceive Cambodia as an amenable partner, Manet is double-dealing Beijing and Washington.—
Sam Rainsy,
TIME,
24 June 2024
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