vanishing act

Example Sentences

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He pulled off a vanishing act once again this year in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Until Earhart disappeared on a round-the-world flight in 1937, New York judge Joseph Crater was the most renowned vanishing act.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026

But he does not appear prepared for a total vanishing act.

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024

But that brand of magic was followed by a vanishing act this year, in which all the close and comeback wins disappeared.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 7, 2023

The method gave the right answer, but Newton’s vanishing act was very troubling.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife