trick
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Treasurys at 4.5% would do the trick to fund your $450,000 spending.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Yet the trick of this irresistible groove is that it feels like a house party caving in on itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Vance seems to know that such a magic trick will be difficult, if not impossible, to pull off in 2028.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Burnham is also planning to outlaw shops using fake "was" prices, which he said trick shoppers into thinking they are getting better value on purchases.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
"Rowan held it up to me. I saw it myself. Am I, too, playing a trick on my betters, Bronden?"
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
The veteran strategist firmly that believes no matter what tricks Warsh deploys, bond yields must rise to match the strong nominal GDP growth globally.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
That’s due in part to new tricks like the one you received.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
But like all magic tricks, everything was not quite as it seemed and moments later the treasured items returned.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
"In that journey, you figure out timing, you figure out tricks like how to get someone's attention in the first three seconds," Barker told The Big Picture podcast recently.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
Picasso’s tricks are different: He wants to show his subjects from multiple angles all at once.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Still, there’s a difference between being tricked and being upsold.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The court also concluded that there was “no evidence at trial” that Mr. Mackey’s tweets actually tricked anyone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The iconic TV character, created for the BBC's former Noel's House Party show in the 1990s, tricked and pranked celebrities, destroyed studio sets and only spoke by screeching his name.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
In the suit, she claims that she was contacted by someone posing as a talent agent or producer and tricked into offering “private details of her life” over the phone in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
“Hey, the old man must’ve tricked us,” said the Leopard.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
Americans are awash in scams: phony UPS texts, AI-generated voices of loved ones in trouble, spoofed emails tricking city governments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Instead, recent attacks relied on phishing -- tricking users into handing over access to their accounts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
“I don’t think either of us are going to be tricking each other,” Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
The hackers likely executed a “SIM swap,” tricking a mobile provider into transferring a phone number to a SIM card the hackers control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Part of me wonders if this is just some weirdo who stole my grandfather’s ring and is tricking my mom.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
