trick
Example Sentences
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Any move higher in yields would do the trick, especially as the market grapples with uncertainty about the way new Fed chair Kevin Warsh will go about monetary policy.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
These websites closely resemble legitimate ticketing and checkout platforms and can allow scammers to steal log-in credentials, personal information and credit card numbers and trick you into sending in payments.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Hackers are likely to try and trick Mythos into answering these questions, despite Anthropic’s controls—a process known as jailbreaking—but the company says it has done extensive testing to make that harder to pull off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Earlier this week, Meta had to fix an issue which allowed hackers to trick an Instagram AI support tool into giving them access to other users' accounts.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
It was nothing but a snow cloud: the ice river’s vicious trick.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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