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Recent Examples of sure-handed
The Carolina Panthers knew that Chris Brazzell was going to be sure-handed and rangy and fast when the team selected him in the third round of the draft last month.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2026
Primarily a shortstop, the sure-handed Lombard has also spent some time at third base this season.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
There’s nobody more sure-handed than Miggy.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
There is no magic, sure-handed dribbler coming to save the Timberwolves.
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Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
At the outset of the Hot Stove Season, the Mets moved fan-favorite Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers in return for sure-handed, but potentially bat-hamstrung second baseman, Marcus Semien.
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Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
The sure-handed Puka Nacua dropped a sure touchdown pass.
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Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
The Eagles pounced on a fumble in the third quarter and Tank Bigbsy, the sure-handed backup to Barkley, scored for a 14-10 lead.
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CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
Kuiper, once a sure-handed Giants utility infielder, misses the aside, gazing at his script.
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Jeremy Collins,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 May 2026
Primarily a shortstop, the sure-handed Lombard has also spent some time at third base this season.
—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
There’s nobody more sure-handed than Miggy.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
There is no magic, sure-handed dribbler coming to save the Timberwolves.
—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
At the outset of the Hot Stove Season, the Mets moved fan-favorite Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers in return for sure-handed, but potentially bat-hamstrung second baseman, Marcus Semien.
—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
The sure-handed Puka Nacua dropped a sure touchdown pass.
—
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
The Eagles pounced on a fumble in the third quarter and Tank Bigbsy, the sure-handed backup to Barkley, scored for a 14-10 lead.
—
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
Kuiper, once a sure-handed Giants utility infielder, misses the aside, gazing at his script.
—
Jeremy Collins,
The Atlantic,
12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sure-handed
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Inside, the house reads less as a monument to excess than a deft riposte to the cold minimalism of decades past.
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And its deft balance between free-wheeling improvisations and stop-on-a-dime dynamic precision, fire and finesse, never fails to impress.
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Norway’s options are now abundant, and often adroit and inventive, too.
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Today, especially for digitally adroit customers, opening a new account with a neobank offering a better APR is seamless.
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Officials have grown increasingly concerned since Anthropic warned earlier this year that its Mythos model was adept at finding software flaws in a way that could be weaponized by malicious hackers and threaten critical computer networks around the world.
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Do this regularly; teenagers are adept at reversing settings the moment your back is turned.
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There’s likely to be grasping, resisting, skillful and futile efforts to swim and worry about what’s up ahead.
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One of the few calls of the night was from Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, ready to get his hands on the skillful point guard.
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Schultz brings digitalism back to its dexterous roots, paying homage to the hands that assembled the virtual realm.
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The platform combines autonomous navigation with dexterous manipulation, enabling it to transport materials, interact with workers, and perform precision tasks in industries such as semiconductor manufacturing, electronics assembly, and automotive production.
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The plebeians have plenty to be furious about, but their representatives, skilled at turning a crowd into a mob, seem hellbent on shoring up their own influence.
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It is stored in plain text in RAM and can theoretically be accessed by administrators, cloud operators, hypervisors, or highly skilled attackers through malware, insider threats, or side-channel attacks.
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With so many more girls proficient at flag football entering college age, the NAIA in 2020 was first to offer scholarships and implement logistics for the sport’s next phase.
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The percentage of proficient students in grades 3 to 10 language arts climbed from 57% last year to 61% this year, while math proficiency for grades 3 to 8 climbed from 59% to 62%.
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Come for the subtle performances and Agnès Godard’s masterful cinematography; stay for one of the greatest endings in movie history.
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Long-form, famously practiced by the masterful TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi (coming soon to the Goodman Theatre), features performers who can spin one line of dialogue, or merely a location, into a spontaneous hour.
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