tricks

Example Sentences

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The drug industry has been trying for years to develop tricks to shuttle the drugs that treat Alzheimer’s disease through the body’s protective brain-blood barrier, which blocks 99% of a dose from reaching the brain.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

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

That’s what Thompson is offering on “Never Be the Same”: no magic tricks or sleights of hand, but songs that listeners will feel and live.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

I stopped to listen, to be quite sure my ears were not playing tricks on me.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo