sleight of hand

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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

The most recent sleight of hand is circular financing.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

But that narrative is also a sleight of hand.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2025

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

From Slate • May 15, 2025

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