prestidigitation
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Still, the biggest act of prestidigitation is yet to come, and actually occurs after Pence provides his proof texts.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023
Later, in an act of popcorn-movie prestidigitation, all memory of yet another character is erased.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
You could argue that this is all prestidigitation, the conjuring of money from nothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
We may never see a more masterful display of constitutional prestidigitation.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2021
These three, he states, were perfectly convinced of the reality of the observed facts, and that they were not to be attributed to imposture or prestidigitation.
From Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert by The Seybert Commission
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