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tricky

[trik-ee] / ˈtrɪk i /




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His 37 off 33 balls against Ireland was slow, but the Ireland camp highlighted how impressed they were given the tricky nature of the pitch.

From BBC

Before beginning her program, she skated by the boards and high-fived both of her coaches, who hugged and hopped for joy when Liu executed her tricky triple lutz-triple loop combination jump.

From Los Angeles Times

Coconuts are tricky to open, but Nim was an expert.

From Literature

The company has no immediate plans to increase head count, and finding the right cultural fit can be tricky, despite Bark’s policy of allowing remote work.

From The Wall Street Journal

His chance at an Olympic medal came down to a much trickier challenge: remembering to put the verb at the end of a sentence.

From The Wall Street Journal