legerdemain
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We also meet Malini the Magician, about whose tricks and feats of legerdemain “stories are still told, with a true sense of awe, by some of the world’s greatest magicians.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
With that bit of legerdemain, AB 1058 died, AB 1493 was born, and the auto industry’s campaign crashed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
The filmmakers indulge in some legerdemain, having the real-life participants recount the events as if certain facts were not already in the open at the time of the interviews.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
Landrieu, however, defends at least some of this semantic legerdemain.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2022
He amazed everyone with his feats of legerdemain.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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