trickery
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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
After gaining one first down, they lined up for a punt on fourth down and tried some of the trickery that had worked so well in recent weeks.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
And he caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025
“There’s a little bit of subterfuge or trickery going on.”
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2025
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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