tricky

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Appeared in the April 21, 2026, print edition as 'Warsh Embarks On Tricky Path for Fed Job'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

"Tricky one. Quick game. If we'd managed that extra 50 or 60, we probably would've been right in the contest at the end."

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Eventually, Dickinson and Archie Pearch, his producing partner at Devisio Pictures, convinced the BFI, BBC Film and Tricky Knot to come onboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025

Tricky, I know, but sometimes the gods do favour us.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2024

It was the autumn of 1952 and Tricky Dick, then a Senator from California, had just been selected as the Republican vice presidential candidate for that November’s election.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith