prestidigitation
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Still, the biggest act of prestidigitation is yet to come, and actually occurs after Pence provides his proof texts.
From Salon • Aug. 27, 2023
Roberts tried to work around this problem through some trademark prestidigitation.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2023
Later, in an act of popcorn-movie prestidigitation, all memory of yet another character is erased.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022
You could argue that this is all prestidigitation, the conjuring of money from nothing.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2021
One cannot affect surprise if the distinction between this amazing exploit of diplomatico-military prestidigitation and intermeddling in the internal affairs of another nation prove too subtle for the mental grasp of the average unpolitical individual.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
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