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trick

[trik] / trɪk /




NOUN
time working at something
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Hackers are likely to try and trick Mythos into answering these questions, despite Anthropic’s controls—a process known as jailbreaking—but the company says it has done extensive testing to make that harder to pull off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“The psychological trick I would play on myself at each meet was to imagine the water I’d dive into was freezing cold,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Instagram says it has resolved an issue which saw hackers trick its AI support tool into giving them access to other users' accounts.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

In the past, utilizing older farming equipment for longer helped do the trick.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

But their favorite trick of all was knocking over outhouses.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney




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