sleight
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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, as Kagan exposed, this was a rhetorical sleight of hand.
From Slate • May 15, 2025
Alex Mitchell provided the speed at the breakdown to manoeuvre the Clermont defence, while Smith's control and sleight of hand behind him enticed his outside runners to carry hard and breach the gain-line.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
He’d learned sleight of hand from the cardsharps and monte runners on East Stave, and spent hours practicing it in front of a muddy mirror he’d bought with his first week’s pay.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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