hocus-pocus
Example Sentences
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Sometimes this hocus-pocus worked wonders; at other times it felt like cheap tricks.
From Los Angeles Times
Until we all pay attention to what matters, the fee hocus-pocus will never stop.
The happy resolution is earned by more than hocus-pocus.
From Los Angeles Times
When Becky isn’t dealing with the repercussions of using hocus-pocus to fix her life, she’s conversing with her dead daughter or stepping into Rebecca’s memories.
From New York Times
The idea was to dismantle the hocus-pocus of concert dance, and in her early work, Tharp came on stern like her Judson elders.
From New York Times
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