trickery

Example Sentences

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His coordinators, who have stayed with him across four different schools since 2016, don’t rely on trickery or exotic blitzes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

He caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Because it’s not just the EU trade commissioner complaining about trickery.,

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2025

Indeed, in the 1950s, a magician from New York named John Mulholland was secretly contracted with the agency to write a manual for Cold War spies on trickery and deception.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2025

Moushumi can’t resort to such trickery, can’t write in Bengali.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri