tricks

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Somewhere between Rue and Cassie on the desperation scale sits Elle Fanning’s Margo Millet, an eager community college student whose money troubles start when she falls for one of the oldest tricks in the book.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

I have all these tricks and shticks and lies and techniques and self-advice and methods and tactics and approaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Among the tricks they are suggesting: reducing the number of times the ignition is turned on or off, avoiding traffic, working in specific neighborhoods and at times with high demand and switching to electric vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Experts have spent years studying this phenomenon, trying all sorts of nudges and tricks to get people more inclined to save for retirement.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

At first I think I am seeing a vision, that my imagination is playing tricks.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone