tricks

Example Sentences

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Solo travelling, sleeping in a transit van and sharing rooms are all money-saving tricks used by lower-ranked players over the years.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Sometimes, parents and teachers are pulling tricks of their own.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

“When customers or analysts start thinking, ‘Gosh, AI is gonna eat software or SaaS,’ it comes from the place of seeing parlor tricks.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Somewhere between Rue and Cassie on the desperation scale sits Elle Fanning’s Margo Millet, an eager community college student whose money troubles start when she falls for one of the oldest tricks in the book.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Organ-grinders often performed alongside a captive monkey, who did tricks and collected money.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day