as in deception
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end
you wouldn't believe the jugglery I have to resort to in order to get the cat in the carrier for a trip to the vet's
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McCoy is charged with theft by deception, violation of oath of office, and three counts of false statements and writings.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Harper got fired for the aforementioned deception.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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McCaffrey caught another fourth-quarter touchdown pass, on Jauan Jennings’ 29-yard trickery to open the fourth quarter for a brief lead.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Still, American bettors have found an easy work-around in the digital trickery of VPNs, or virtual private networks.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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With season 4 rapidly approaching, now's the time to prepare for the treachery to come.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
22 Dec. 2025
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Instead of being killed, Ashur takes Spartacus’ life and is consequently rewarded for his treachery by the Roman Empire.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
1 Dec. 2025
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Political pressure and subterfuge to extend American influence, perhaps combined with a bid to buy the island, seem more plausible but are unlikely to work.—
Comfort Ero,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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While the typical Capra protagonist triumphs by defeating vice and exposing subterfuge, George never even realizes that Potter is the one who got hold of his money and tried to ruin his life.—
Nora Gilbert,
The Conversation,
11 Dec. 2025
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But even as skeptics label Strategy and the DAT model as a house of cards built on financial chicanery, others view them as early leaders in an emerging category of crypto banks.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
3 Dec. 2025
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The tale away from the playing field in recent years has been dizzying, one of soaring costs and debts, of quirks and chicanery unseen elsewhere.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Conservatives been rightly preoccupied with the Left’s legerdemain and subversion, but have been far too slow to confront an equally grave external danger: the accelerating penetration of foreign influence operations into our own right-of-center political ecosystem.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Dec. 2025
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Between April 1 and 7, the fair gathered 60 brands at the Palexpo exhibition center that broke new records, showcased world premieres and offered an ever-growing array of technical and artistic legerdemain in their latest high-end timepieces.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Political gamesmanship This week, council members were accused of trying to replace their current coordinator, Laurent Saint-Cyr, who did not back attempts to get rid of Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Something more and something extra in no small part because of Stewart, whose senses of showmanship and gamesmanship animated and fueled the rivalry for so long.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Dec. 2025
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“Jugglery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jugglery. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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