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Word: sneakingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...beginning to look a little drawn, his sinus trouble has not bothered him in London's unusually dry, bright weather. His stomach (he once had "most of the insides cut out" as a result of the Argonne gassing) is well enough so that he can sneak an occasional forbidden Martini or cigarette...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: The Manager Abroad | 12/1/1947 | See Source »

...Paul O'Brien, backing up the line, tucked a Brown pass under his arm on his own 40 and started running. The Bruins stepped him on their won 15, but moved back to the three on a penalty. Two plays later, Jim Lowell found the goal on a quarterback sneak and converted again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Teams Sweep Over Brown | 11/17/1947 | See Source »

Quarterback Naps Bell was cited by Ludendorf for his successful bits of gridiron strategy, while Mr. X in a series of sneak attacks, caught the CRIMSON's "D" team napping...

Author: By C. N. Gridlak, | Title: Crimson Gridders Face Subsidized Princetonians, Predict 23-2 Victory | 11/8/1947 | See Source »

...Sneak Attack. In Memphis, Railroad Worker Earskin Johnson sued for divorce, charged that his wife had asked a voodoo doctor to hex him into giving her his whole paycheck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 3, 1947 | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

When Dad Was Young. It was at the family dinner table that Bob Chappuis first heard about football. His dad had once played quarterback for Denison U., and like most fathers, liked to recall how good he was. The story Bob liked best was dad's quarterback sneak: "Mind you, I weighed only 135 Ibs. then. . . . I took the ball on my own 20, broke into the clear. The secondary had me trapped by the sidelines. . . . I spun away from one tackier . . . then another. . . ." The story grew each year; in the most recent version, dad ran from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Specialist | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

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