bag of tricks
Example Sentences
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“Just as many didn’t know the U.S. had all these tools for economic coercion, China is now saying, ‘look, we’ve prepared a bag of tricks too,’” said Damien Ma, director of research center Carnegie China.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
American legend Shaun White may have retired but there will still be plenty of gasp-inducing acrobatics as riders drop into the pipe to show off their bag of tricks.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
And being a successful trial attorney, there’s a bag of tricks that probably grows with each year, so he’s probably pretty adept at using all of them or whatever he needs given the situation.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025
It was everything out of the bag of tricks just crammed together.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2024
I go up into my bedroom, dump out my bag of tricks.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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