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Recent Examples of sure-footed
The outsole’s sturdy rubber grip kept him sure-footed, and the shoes remained comfortable even after an afternoon of exploring a medieval city on foot.
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Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
If Kyle Tucker had been a little more sure-footed on a line drive over his head to lead off the second inning, Yamamoto might have had a perfect-game bid going into the sixth.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
In time, the foal becomes sure-footed, but the eaglet struggles to get its wings beneath itself, leading it to try a novel approach: hitching a ride on the back of the running Clydesdale to launch itself into the sky.
—Gary T. Mills, Florida Times-Union, 26 Jan. 2026
And, as the past few weeks have shown, attitudes have a way of overshooting and eventually throwing investors off-balance, even in what’s generally been a sure-footed bull market.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025
Sweeping antlers of sure-footed ibex appear prominently.
—Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
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
Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
If Kyle Tucker had been a little more sure-footed on a line drive over his head to lead off the second inning, Yamamoto might have had a perfect-game bid going into the sixth.
—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
In time, the foal becomes sure-footed, but the eaglet struggles to get its wings beneath itself, leading it to try a novel approach: hitching a ride on the back of the running Clydesdale to launch itself into the sky.
—Gary T. Mills, Florida Times-Union, 26 Jan. 2026
And, as the past few weeks have shown, attitudes have a way of overshooting and eventually throwing investors off-balance, even in what’s generally been a sure-footed bull market.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2025
Sweeping antlers of sure-footed ibex appear prominently.
—Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 30 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sure-footed
Adjective
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Today, especially for digitally adroit customers, opening a new account with a neobank offering a better APR is seamless.—
Nigel Morris,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2026
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As adroit Mercury starts reversing through your contemplative 12th house, its retrograde invites you to press pause on the cosmic movie in favor of reviewing what’s already happened.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Vietnam’s humanoid leap Dyno is an intelligent humanoid robot built to combine advanced artificial intelligence, environmental perception, and dexterous manipulation in a single platform.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Mechanical hands dexterous enough to thread a needle, childlike dancing robots and adult-sized ones to help with deliveries were on display Thursday as the Humanoids Summit Tokyo opened.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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That meant everyone had to be agile and fleet-footed.—
Sarah Rodman,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Dec. 2025
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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
Adjective
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His deft harmonica work evoked the sterling playing of Nashville music great Charlie McCoy.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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Friedkin was deft on TV, as was Alfred Hitchcock, who took viewers into his confidence by revealing the famously homicidal tensions in Psycho (1960).—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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Jason Coughran, a 60-year-old with an athletic build, had set out on a trek last Monday into Desolation Wilderness from nearby Fallen Leaf Lake.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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An athletic, contemporary ballet by Alexandra Schooling (Oklahoma City Ballet, PDX Contemporary Ballet) is accompanied by an original score by Chris Desien.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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With them is Britain’s glamorous Marchioness of Bath, Emma Thynn, whose balletic pose and aerodynamic blue train lift the shot.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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When Enskat moves, sound designer Torben Kärst follows each rigorous swish of her cane and each brutal, balletic step (clop-CLOP, clop-CLOP).—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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“Sure-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sure-footed. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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