Houdini
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Whatever the reason for the escape from Monday’s depths, Harry Houdini has nothing on the Nasdaq Composite.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Caleb Williams is Houdini, so even when the Packers get to him it won’t be easy to get him on the ground.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
There were Navajo rugs; custom, Western-style Monterey couches and chairs; and hundreds of books, including signed first-editions by Theodore Roosevelt, Helen Keller and Harry Houdini.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025
Magician John Henry Anderson died in 1874, the same year Harry Houdini was born - yet despite the two never meeting, Anderson was reputedly among the legendary escapologist's greatest inspirations.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025
The keys are wrapped in the note that Jane wrote me, the note from the Locker Houdini.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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