sleight

Example Sentences

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The most recent sleight of hand is circular financing.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

He took two touches in a packed penalty area - his sleight of foot evading Everton's defence - before he wrong-footed goalkeeper Jordan Pickford with a right-foot finish in front of The Kop.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

But, as Kagan exposed, this was a rhetorical sleight of hand.

From Slate • May 15, 2025

Fisher: … sleight of hand, misdirection, various different forms of magic.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

For sleight of hand, she realized, so that he can keep contact with coins or cards or finesse the workings of a lock.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo