prestidigitation
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Still, the biggest act of prestidigitation is yet to come, and actually occurs after Pence provides his proof texts.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2023
Roberts tried to work around this problem through some trademark prestidigitation.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2023
Later, in an act of popcorn-movie prestidigitation, all memory of yet another character is erased.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022
Like the similar reanimation of the young Kurt Russell in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” it’s an impressive bit of CGI prestidigitation.
From Washington Post • May 25, 2017
But phenomena sufficiently striking to convert such men as Hare, Crooks, Wallace, Zöllner, and the like are certainly worthy of some attention, and cannot be at once dismissed as results of skilful prestidigitation.
From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various
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