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The underlying truth is serious enough: Trump was the victim of one of the most insidious dirty tricks in American political history.
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The Editors, National Review, 24 July 2025
Was this any worse than the dirty tricks of American politics past?
—Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Nicky, too, covers her tracks by using dirty tricks to dig up dark secrets from Guidry's past, thus compromising the detective's investigation.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 June 2025
The revelations included instances of the CIA’s violating its charter with assassinations, coups, dirty tricks, human drug experimentation, and domestic spying, especially on opponents of Nixon’s war in Southeast Asia.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2020
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The Editors, National Review, 24 July 2025
Was this any worse than the dirty tricks of American politics past?
—Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Nicky, too, covers her tracks by using dirty tricks to dig up dark secrets from Guidry's past, thus compromising the detective's investigation.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 June 2025
The revelations included instances of the CIA’s violating its charter with assassinations, coups, dirty tricks, human drug experimentation, and domestic spying, especially on opponents of Nixon’s war in Southeast Asia.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2020
See All Example Sentences for dirty tricks
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“Dirty tricks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirty%20tricks. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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