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Adjective
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As Halloween approaches, investors seem fearful that good credit performance may be more trick than treat.—
Telis Demos,
WSJ,
21 Oct. 2022 -
If the high cost of it all is more trick than treat for you, here are several ways to turn your already smart home into a spook-tacularly genius haunted house.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA TODAY,
28 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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Pancreatic cancer is one of the trickiest cancers to treat, because it is often diagnosed late and spreads very quickly.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
6 Apr. 2026
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Treat the relationship like your other work dynamics Just like getting promoted over your friend, or giving your manager some constructive feedback, becoming your boss' boss can be tricky.—
Ashton Jackson,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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Some criticism has also focused on the film's marketing, which has been described as misleading.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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This is technically true and profoundly misleading.—
Vikas Patel,
STAT,
3 Apr. 2026
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Once Towns lays the screen for Brunson, Castle switches onto the point guard, a crafty one-on-one scorer who chooses not to go at Castle and swings the ball to the other side of the court.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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So crafty was Domask’s shooting touch, Underwood took to calling him Luka – as in Dončić.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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The outlandish schemes of these wily characters have never failed to attract public attention.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rather, the hackers Smart and colleagues traced to an IP address in this city have been using the wily method his team uncovered to pilfer millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2026
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Past friends and former associates described him to me as an exceptionally cunning con man, a consummate charmer, and a womanizer.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
3 Apr. 2026
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Starring Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, and Eric Bana, the film was shot on location in the Australian wilderness and features Theron as a grieving woman on a solo adventure who becomes the target of a cunning killer (Egerton) in a twisted game of cat-and-mouse.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Faith Hill on why Gen Z is the sneaky-saver generation.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2026
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Try rye flour, a sneaky way to add complex flavors, a tender crumb and a little nutrition, especially in sweet baked goods.—
Kara Elder,
Washington Post,
29 Mar. 2026
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Another camera, an eye tuned to the subtle strangeness of an otherwise ordinary day—someone or something, somewhere, must have caught a glimmer of the truth.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Vice President Vance, who is considered an isolationist, expressed private skepticism ahead of the attacks, and his relative silence during the first weeks of the war was perceived as a subtle way of distancing himself from the conflict.—
Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Trickish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trickish. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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