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"People don't want that. They want us to be a well-paid, well-skilled, highly productive economy and that's where we're going."

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2021

They need the blood to produce eggs, and they're well-skilled in how to find it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vrihadaswa continued, 'Having heard the words of Sudeva king Rituparna, soothing Vahuka with gentle words, said, 'O Vahuka, thou art well-skilled in training and guiding horses.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Vaisampayana continued, 'Unto the old king who said so, Yudhishthira, conversant with morality and justice, and well-skilled in acts and speech, spoke as follows, putting some questions about his welfare.'

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Some well-skilled, well-paid hand is needed even for that, and hence comes this public information on affairs which should surely be private.

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony