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uncanny

uhn ka nee

  • s  suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
    stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy
  • s  surpassing the ordinary or normal
    his uncanny sense of direction

  • What characterized Trippe thereafter was an uncanny ability to pace his airline's growth with the range of the airliner as it slowly evolved: first crawling from island to island .
  • Pony showed an uncanny ability to adapt international models for the local China market, on the basis of his strong insight into the consumer.
  • The tin can, that 154-year-old companion of the housewife, is undergoing an uncanny transformation.
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  • Steve Stricker in ESPN
    I've seen him play some unbelievable golf. We all have. His ability to score is still very, very, very good. Uncanny-like. But he's got some work to do. And he would be the first to admit that, I think. I saw more improvement today,Stricker...
  • Renaldo Nehemiah in Forbes
    It's his anatomy. He's just blessed with an uncanny frame, an uncanny quickness, a huge competitive heart,said Renaldo Nehemiah, the former world record-holding hurdler. "And he is having a good time, which I think our sport sorely needs...
  • Barbara Mandrell in International Herald Tribune
    He became one of the great innovators in American music,Mandrell said. "He always brought passion to his work and had an uncanny knack for matching great songs with singers."

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