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Bus operators rely on common sense and street smarts when confronted with unexpected events and emergencies, ranging from flash floods to terrorism.
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Curtis Tate, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
His Catwoman, in the final installment of his trilogy, needed to exude intelligence, toughness, and street smarts.
—Chris Bellamy and Stephanie Kaloi, EW.com, 2 May 2024
As Hernández Cordón pointed out, Calva straddles the line between his middle-class upbringing, raised by a single mother who instilled in him an affinity for the arts, and the street smarts attained by wandering a large metropolis with kids from other socioeconomic backgrounds.
—Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
Kotick grew up in Roslyn, N.Y., and has the kind of Long Island street smarts that have helped many East Coast expats in Hollywood.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
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Curtis Tate, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2024
His Catwoman, in the final installment of his trilogy, needed to exude intelligence, toughness, and street smarts.
—Chris Bellamy and Stephanie Kaloi, EW.com, 2 May 2024
As Hernández Cordón pointed out, Calva straddles the line between his middle-class upbringing, raised by a single mother who instilled in him an affinity for the arts, and the street smarts attained by wandering a large metropolis with kids from other socioeconomic backgrounds.
—Carlos Aguilar, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2023
Kotick grew up in Roslyn, N.Y., and has the kind of Long Island street smarts that have helped many East Coast expats in Hollywood.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
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“Street smarts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/street%20smarts. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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