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Varner described the creatures as diabolically cunning, destructive, and nocturnal.—
Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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The show followed Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston), a former British military officer who goes undercover to help take down Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie), a cunning, amoral arms dealer helping to destabilize the Middle East.—
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He's egged on by owner Jonathan Yu—the outward opposite to the roguish tattooed chef and the game-for-anything, sly devil on his shoulder who hides a mischievous heart behind elegant suits.—
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And in a sly anti-AI message, the pet-centric company BARK just released an ad (including on Disney+) that’s directed by a dog, or at least DP’ed by one.—
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The girls’ depictions also owes a debt to the wily, precocious protagonists of children’s literature, from the perpetually home-alone Pippi Longstocking to those eccentric enrollees at Louis Sachar’s Wayside School series.—
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Tony Jefferson, the wily vet, was everywhere.—
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The model predicts target expressions from subtle initial facial changes.—
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Amazon Essentials Pointed-Toe Flat Want a subtle lift without having to wear heels?—
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Both deserve credit for some shrewd additions, like the trades for Jowon Briggs, Harrison Phillips and Jarvis Brownlee.—
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Thus, unnecessary expansion is one of the shrewdest ways of funding necessary repair.—
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The champion of deregulation here embraced radical regulation, in a way that served his interests as a homeowner but was also politically astute.—
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And perhaps Disney’s deal with OpenAI will prove prescient and astute.—
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art held the first substantial retrospective of the architect last year, leaning heavily on his artful drawings.—
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Foster had written a speech that was artful and elusive.—
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Over the weekend, his foxy friend Pete Hegseth announced a new policy that requires journalists with Pentagon press credentials to sign a pledge promising not to report information that hasn't been explicitly authorized for release, that includes unclassified information.—
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Over the weekend, his foxy friend, Pete Hegseth, announced a new policy that requires journalists with Pentagon press credentials to sign a pledge promising not to report information that hasn't been explicitly authorized for release.—
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“Pawky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawky. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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