sleight of hand

Example Sentences

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A final section uses a sort of metaphysical sleight of hand to blend the two eras, but once again something doesn’t quite connect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

This sleight of hand directly undermines the intended safeguards in federal law.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

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

From Slate • May 15, 2025

In Zehme’s depiction, Carson’s public persona was a deception, a sleight of hand befitting a man who started as a magician and never lost his love for it.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

Satan, in a classic rhetorical sleight of hand, doesn’t directly ask the question his speech hopes to answer.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith