slipperiness

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Noun
  • Press play below to learn more about Wells’ treachery, and to get a sneak peek at the fugitive interacting with her latest target.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Sinners is one of the great vampire movies of the modern age, mining the legend of these perpetual outsiders who desperately yearn to belong, but whose silky promises are rooted in treachery.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Spotify, the industry’s behemoth, claims that its fraud detection programs caught Smith’s alleged chicanery.
    Kate Knibbs, Wired News, 20 May 2025
  • While shocking nonprofit chicanery has found itself in the media spotlight, the story of one West Texas charity deserves to be told and to inspire.
    Jack Fowler, National Review, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The only safe refuge, 20 miles away, is the federal garrison at Harpers Ferry, but reaching it will require much subterfuge and even more luck.
    Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Remember when Russia was that pesky geopolitical force who’s own constant secrecy and subterfuge brought about the downfall of its imperial ambitions?
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And some saw duplicity in Holden’s efforts since the councilman had fought so vigorously to restrict liquor licenses in South L.A. after the 1992 riots.
    Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
  • The publication, known for its close ties to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, framed the talks as yet another round of predictable Western duplicity.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • All three threats target key parts of people’s digital lives: email attachments that lead to fake login pages, multi-factor authentication trickery and deceptive calendar invites.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
  • Other than the trickery of time and subjectivity (and the occasional suitcase), there is little carried over from one story to the next.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 May 2025
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“Slipperiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slipperiness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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