trick
Example Sentences
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“I don’t want the audience rooting for Max, necessarily, but I want to trick them into having sympathy for somebody they didn’t expect to have sympathy for.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
There was still time for one more trick of the hand.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Economists believe the U.S. only needs to add 50,000 jobs a month — or even less — to do the trick.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
But it turned out that general manager Les Snead had yet another trick up his sleeve.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
It was nothing but a snow cloud: the ice river’s vicious trick.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
