sleight
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Yet, she added, "I always assume that there's a method to his madness," and many of his loudest actions may in fact be deflections and "sleight of hand."
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Mr. Guimarães makes a metaphor of the importance of individual rights with his first bit of sleight of hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Bellingham showed superb sleight of foot in the build-up to England's second goal.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
This sleight of hand directly undermines the intended safeguards in federal law.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
He puts the lighter back in his pocket; he must assume all eyes are trying to watch for any sleight of hand.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
That’s what Thompson is offering on “Never Be the Same”: no magic tricks or sleights of hand, but songs that listeners will feel and live.
From Salon ● May 15, 2026
The trade agreement might not be such good news, however, as upcoming tech results will be watched for any signs of accounting sleights of hand, Swissquote analyst Ipek Ozkardeskaya says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
For most of the history of the medium, magicians have entertained audiences through a variety of means, most notably tricks, effects, sleights of hand or illusions of seemingly impossible feats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
It’s fitting that the artist has taken a class on magic, and that he continues to read up on the subject; behind his playful sleights of hand is a rigorous artistic practice.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
I watched as he demonstrated tricks and sleights of hand he learned from Yorick, but I never dared to speak to him.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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