trickster
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Mr. Gill looks back at that 1992 interview and others and realizes that the Jeff Beck he thought he knew is a mystery, a self-contradicting trickster with a tendency to be witty and evasive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The work in question is a "maqāma" -- an Arabic literary form that often features a wandering "trickster."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2025
A trickster genius with a mean moral code, Moretti turns out to be the music world’s Willy Wonka, complete with a mysterious throng of live-in devotees carrying out his revenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
Crudup plays 19 characters in the 80-minute performance, taking on the roles of everyone the titular confidence trickster comes into contact with.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2024
My father was a kind of trickster all his own.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Authorities warn that they won’t call you to threaten arrest or demand money over missed jury duty, yet tricksters convince many.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Sprawling compounds where internet tricksters target people with romance and business cons have thrived along Myanmar's loosely governed border during its civil war, sparked by a 2021 coup.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
But although screening at publishers is helpful, the arms race between screening methods and tricksters means it is unlikely to stem the tide of problematic papers entirely.
From Science Magazine ● May 31, 2024
There are ways to avoid these loathsome tricksters.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2023
What kind of tricksters invited accusers to examine them up close?
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing trickster
STAAR English II: Elements of Literature 2
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Lesson 3
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Craft and Structure Vocabulary, Unit 5
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