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Getting a single crystal to grow into the shape of the blade instead isn't just a matter of cooling the molten version down slowly, the process also uses a bizarre trick called a pigtail.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The trick, she says, is to make the healthy choice the default.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

The trick is to have at least some of those cookie fans come back and order from other parts of the menu, Wilson said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

One way the dirty trick can easily become a criminal matter is through misconduct by the participants in the course of investigation of a dirty trick.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Her skin crawled when she looked at the Prince of Demons, a reminder of how easy it had been to trick her.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Ronaldo chose to play, asked his team-mates to behave as normal, and spent time in the dressing room doing ball tricks.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

He came armed with a catalog of ball-handling tricks and an unstoppable step-back 3-point shot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Dirty tricks are an old tradition of American politics.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Plenty of people are brewing themed cocktails to celebrate Halloween, but too often these drinks wind up as tricks instead of treats.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Her stories of Br’er Rabbit’s tricks on the other animals always made me laugh.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

A data breach could affect customers in the future if their personal information is used in so-called "phishing" attacks, where someone is tricked into revealing their password to an online service.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

We sort of like to see them trick us all, though we also do like to see them go down after they’ve tricked us.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

New research suggests that scammers using AI to mimic a target’s local accent can lower the victim’s guard and make them more likely to be tricked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

He was tricked into surrendering when he mistook Ukrainian soldiers for his Russian allies.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Peckleman had been Chiltington’s ally in the escape game and had tricked Sierra out of her library card so he could spy on Team Kyle.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

A man tricking a hospital receptionist is not exactly a criminal mastermind.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

But while Carlini’s work had debunked many claims made by AI developers, he had focused on the threat of bad people tricking artificial intelligence systems into making mistakes, not on hackers harnessing them for superpowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

The arrest and rescue follow the publication of a BBC investigation exposing how scammers in Mityana, posting social content of dogs in distress, have been tricking international donors out of hundreds of thousands of pounds.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

Instead, recent attacks relied on phishing -- tricking users into handing over access to their accounts.

From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026

It was said that a fox could lure a man to his doom, tricking him into coming to its den, where somehow he would be fed to its offspring.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park