tricky

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Appeared in the April 21, 2026, print edition as 'Warsh Embarks On Tricky Path for Fed Job'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Also among the 2026 class is Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, who was behind Beyonce's Single Ladies and Break My Soul, and Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of rock band Kiss.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

"Tricky one. Quick game. If we'd managed that extra 50 or 60, we probably would've been right in the contest at the end."

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Working in the United States on an international visa from the Netherlands in 2014, Mangroe said she was invited via social media to join The-Dream and his partner Tricky Stewart in Atlanta.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Tricky work, as it required the use of bone-tar, but they would sell fairly quickly, and the whole process would only take me four or five hours of careful work.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss