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hocus

[hoh-kuhs] / ˈhoʊ kəs /


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“What he did for those 20 hours is hocus pocus,” Richards said in urging jurors to reject consideration of the image.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021

I don’t speak in delphic tongues or offer holy absolution or perform shamanic hocus pocus; I really don’t do much of anything but sit there, listen and try to tell the truth.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2018

It knows it’s always being upstaged by the hocus pocus of its own medium.

From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2016

Or you could say it was an unintended pulling back of the curtain on all the hocus pocus that goes into healthcare costs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2016

No, superstitions and hocus pocus arenOt in our lexicon.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)




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