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
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
Playing as both an attacking midfielder and a wide forward, Kirby has entertained with trickery, creativity and unpredictability ever since.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025
“There’s a little bit of subterfuge or trickery going on.”
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2025
It was all cold trickery, it was all calculated, it was all enmity.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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