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trick

[trik] / trɪk /




NOUN
time working at something
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For example, trick roping performed by horse riders that don’t actually lasso animals or choreographed riding to music are not included in the ban.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

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

Chinese spies are posing as recruitment agents to trick UK government and military staff into disclosing state secrets, MI5 has warned.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

“You will have an opportunity to meet Sam and Serina a little later,” Callaway said with a grin at all of us, as though we’d all just performed some sort of impressive trick.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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