sleight of hand

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A final section uses a sort of metaphysical sleight of hand to blend the two eras, but once again something doesn’t quite connect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

This sleight of hand directly undermines the intended safeguards in federal law.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

But, as Kagan exposed, this was a rhetorical sleight of hand.

From Slate • May 15, 2025

Ritter’s novel, which she co-wrote with Lindsay Jamieson, is all clever misdirection and twisty sleight of hand, as identities dissolve and mutate, and the big score is an elusive mirage.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

Hazel passed a diamond between her fingers in a sleight of hand.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan