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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

“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

Bielsa's time away from football appeared to do the trick as he would return to management seemingly refreshed and rejuvenated.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

I felt that Maggie Fox and her sister Kate got caught up in an April Fool’s trick.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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