Sentence examples for a cunning card from inspiring English sources

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a smart card

The phrase "a cunning card" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is clever or deceitful, often in a strategic or manipulative way.
Example: "He played the game like a cunning card, always staying one step ahead of his opponents."
Alternatives: "a sly character" or "a crafty individual".

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Hearn played a cunning card when he observed that the Klitschkos might fight Harrison instead of Haye "just to spite" the loud Londoner.

The Guardian - Sport

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Nor does the book explain the new economics of sport or how a cunning general manager plays his cards in the confusion of college drafts, costly free agents and payroll ceilings.

The New York Times

A cunning, bolshie plan..

The Times

What a cunning plan.

The Guardian - Books

A cunning one, even.

The Guardian - Lifestyle

MIGHT it have been a cunning plan?

The Economist

There is a cunning control of suspense.

The New Yorker

A cunning combination of sporty and sexy.

Independent

Trolls set a cunning trap.

The New Yorker

He's a cunning man.

The Guardian - Sport

His cunning plan was to not have a cunning plan".

The Guardian

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