First recorded in 1885–90
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One was with a mind reader — though he’d reject the term — who insisted that the trick wasn’t magic at all, but attention.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
Don't expect them to be a mind reader.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024
Nightmare Alley stars Bradley Cooper as Stanton Carlisle, a nightclub mind reader who becomes tangled up with Cate Blanchett as Dr. Lilith Ritter, a psychiatrist out to debunk him as a fraud.
From The Verge • Sep. 16, 2021
“And you don’t need to be a mind reader to figure out which is which. For one thing, you can ask John Bolton.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2020
He must be a mind reader, Buttercup thought.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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