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  • n  shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

  • It wanted combatants who could match al-Qaeda for wiliness, adaptability and, up to a point, ruthlessness.
  • In Ghosts I Have Talked With, Psychologist McComas tells how he started investigating spiritualism good-naturedly a decade ago, learned wariness and wiliness as he went along.
  • Sturdy and pleasant looking, Hoffman can play a kindly drag queen (Flawless) or a helpful nurse (Magnolia) and do so with a wiliness and daring that earn him plaudits as one of the .

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