sure-footed

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Recent Examples of sure-footed 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 The 20 Most Beautiful Places In Virginia, According To A Local South Carolina The Carolina Marsh Tacky South Carolina’s heritage state horse, the Marsh Tacky, is a sturdy, sure-footed animal that descended from the horses of 16th century Spanish explorers. Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024 This rare moment of hesitation from a man who is usually so sure-footed in the recording studio underscores the paradox of Edgar Barrera: a towering figure in Latin music who is most often behind the scenes. Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024 But once the drama comes to a head, there is a long journey toward Christmas morning, one in which serial one-on-one conversations come to feel, eventually, like what had been a sure-footed piece of writing is suddenly dithering toward meaning in the midst of human messiness. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024 The young actors, almost all newcomers, are naturals in a sure-footed movie that is set in the future but fully plugged into global political anxieties of the present. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sure-footed
Adjective
  • 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
  • Naturally, Moore is formidable, acing an English accent and exhibiting an adroit sense of comic timing.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Macklem speaks perhaps 80 percent of the words in the play, spinning long, disarming, verbally dexterous monologues.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 9 May 2025
  • This new generation of Atlas is stronger and more dexterous than its predecessors, with a broader range of motion that sometimes exceeds human capabilities.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 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
  • Wirtz is focused more on the micro, with delicate touches and deft flicks, compared to Szoboszlai’s macro traits of energy and power.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • While those discussions could be weighed down by politics, Macfarlane’s touch is deft, giving us exactly enough to consider the question while also showing us how this is not just about rivers but about us.
    Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • The athletic guard was one of the Big Ten’s most consistent players, landing on the All-Big Ten first team.
    Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2025
  • On Friday, Wood along with Hornets athletic director Mark Orr, Bibby and Otto Construction project manager Corbin Martin took The Bee on a venue tour of the new home court.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 11 May 2025

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“Sure-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sure-footed. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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