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Recent Examples of sure-footed
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.
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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
Saddling up with Santa Ynez Valley Horseback Rides means getting up close and personal with the Santa Ynez River, with up to four water crossings, as the horses step sure-footed through the shallows.
—Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 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
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
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
Saddling up with Santa Ynez Valley Horseback Rides means getting up close and personal with the Santa Ynez River, with up to four water crossings, as the horses step sure-footed through the shallows.
—Maggie Downs, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sure-footed
Adjective
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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
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Girolmo knows exactly what the show needs, and there is a musically adroit and highly personable cast in the not-entirely-Irish persons of Emily Goldberg, the singer-musician Michael Mahler, the fine tenor Luke Nowakowski and Leah Morrow.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Like Dijon, svn4vr uses a dexterous, soulful rasp to fight for emotional truth from within songs that occupy shifting senses of space and bear the seams of digital assembly.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
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Researchers in China have demonstrated a humanoid dexterous hand that gives robot fingers a reliable sense of their own posture during complex motion.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
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Miho Sakoda’s Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) managed a deft balance of girlish naiveté, true love and bitter betrayal with a soprano of apparently limitless expressivity.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Apr. 2026
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The deft use of AI animation comes after Chinese President Xi Jinping has pushed for years to boost the country's abilities to spread its messages globally, gain a greater say on world affairs and counter Western narratives that Beijing often sees as biased or even derogatory about China.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Across youth sports, affluent families are making enormous financial and logistical bets on their children’s athletic futures—relocating across state lines, buying second homes near top-tier academies, and spending well into six figures annually on tuition, private coaching, travel, and club teams.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
19 Apr. 2026
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Denver desperately needs a young, athletic target for Bo Nix who can be a factor both as a blocker and as a receiver.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Mulligan and Isaac put on a balletic performance.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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But the slick back bun, classical music and balletic dress was not Liu’s brand.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Sure-footed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sure-footed. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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