trickery

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Filmmakers Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski find an enchanting balance between storybook allure and adult trickery.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

His coordinators, who have stayed with him across four different schools since 2016, don’t rely on trickery or exotic blitzes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

He caused the La Liga side all kinds of problems with his dribbling and trickery.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

“There’s a little bit of subterfuge or trickery going on.”

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2025

But the existing dagger could not be destroyed, and so it promised never to harm another through trickery, or by accident.’”

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack