sure-footed

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Recent Examples of sure-footed Facing this deluge of information and personalities, Kelley’s Fact Checker is less indignant and sure-footed than Fingal, and in this uncertainty takes an important next step. Isabel Clara Ruehl june 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025 Introduced in the 1970s to maintain the open grassy balds, these stocky, sure-footed ponies have become beloved icons. Erin Gifford, Southern Living, 31 May 2025 But the once sure-footed dynamic has given way to some second guessing their relationship with the American exclave, even for family. Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 20 May 2025 But even sure-footed and sturdy kolbars are always in grave danger. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025 Ken Kalfus has written a novel that proves it can be done: A Hole in the Story is nuanced, sure-footed, dryly funny, and unpredictable. Air Mail, 12 Apr. 2025 If the category had included Conclave’s Edward Berger, cool-eyed and dramatically sure-footed, this might have been a more interesting race. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025 The Tiburon Uplands loop trail and adjoining hike through Old St. Hilary’s Preserve offer a great opportunity for sure-footed hikers to get in touch with the wild and rugged natural landscape of the Tiburon Peninsula. Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sure-footed
Adjective
  • The OptiPlex 7020 is one in its nearly endless line of business towers, and this one has a surprisingly adroit loadout in terms of components.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
  • SpaceX is the implied template: Musk will advocate for privatizing the government, outsourcing the affairs of state to nimble entrepreneurs and adroit technologists.
    Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The Linkerbot Chius Hand is a series of advanced, dexterous robotic hands developed for research, industry, and rehabilitation.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Cleaning looked mundane compared with dexterous manipulation.
    Ashis Ghosh, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Tielemans is not the most fleet-footed, but neither can he be allowed much of a head-start.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • As with any Morris documentary, Chaos is clear-eyed and fleet-footed, balancing multiple perspectives and challenging its subjects.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Messi’s deft chip over the goalkeeper and two scrambling defenders was a vintage finish from the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Not long ago, these militias’ tendency to bicker was mitigated by the deft orchestration of Soleimani.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
  • On social media, Marquette announced that all athletic events for the weekend would be canceled, and a special mass for the school community was held on Saturday afternoon.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Sure-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sure-footed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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