trickery
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War is filled with flopping, feints and trickery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
He appears to have dedicated much of his time there to putting out videos and written posts about demons and their trickery.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
The final shots, of Robert flying in an airplane for the first time, were captured with practical trickery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026
Fed up with the trickery, artefacts expert Prof Grace decides to take matters into her own hands.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
I got used to sitting next to him in the Truman theater and having him nudge me with his elbow in reaction to his own trickery and whisper, “I just love that!”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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But trickeries of some sort existed on all the popular TV quizzes, not just Twenty-One.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But Dingane was becoming weary of them and their trickeries.
From The Induna's Wife by Bertram Mitford
He has completely won the confidence of the Princess, despite his obvious trickeries.
From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Charles Goddard
Now, presto! with the sudden trickeries of a mountebank the sprite who played with my destinies ushered in another unprefaced era.
From The Portal of Dreams by Charles Neville Buck
As thou mightst think, it grew to be their favorite coigne for playing their dragon and princess trickeries.
From A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Amélie Rives
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