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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

It’s a statistical sleight of hand to conclude from this that old age is what causes bull markets to end, however.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The case turns on a sleight of hand. and once you see it, you’ll spot it everywhere.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

The author also explores the sleight of intellect practiced by Jefferson, a slave owner who deplored slavery and used his rhetorical skills to cast the cause of states’ rights as a question of liberty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

They watched his dealing more closely, mistaking his clumsiness for a cardsharp’s sleight of hand.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

Confronted with the rules of fair play, the reader was enjoined to solve the case alongside the detective, which required seeing through the author’s sleights of hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 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

For years, he’s kept vampiric hours in his Upper East Side apartment, spending all night practicing sleights and polishing routines.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 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