trickery
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His trickery and creativity was on display throughout against Fulham, along with an impressive work-rate.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Following the announcement of the defence investment plan, he condemned what he called "Treasury trickery" and the lack of clarity on what new money the Ministry of Defence would get.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Your tax savings could justify all the effort, as long as you avoid any trickery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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
One day during his trickery, a small pig saw the hunter biting a plant that enabled him to return to his human form.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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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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By now Forbes was familiar enough with the trickeries of the steps to leave his feet to their own devices.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
All sorts of trickeries, too; he sent spurious telegrams and got fictitious items into the newspapers; he lied through every medium known to the highest civilization.
From Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by Constance Fenimore Woolson
The trickeries of the hustings were distasteful to him.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
It was several seconds before the trickeries of nature, in the way of echoes, terminated and matters settled down to their natural quiet.
From The Cave in the Mountain A Sequel to In the Pecos Country / by Lieut. R. H. Jayne by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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