Example Sentences

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His deal with SpaceX will likely be much tricker to pull off: It depends on the “establishment of a permanent human colony on Mars with at least 1 million inhabitants.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

That is a tricker question than you might think.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023

While bigger brands such as Burberry and Raf Simons, among the most-anticipated highlights this season, pulled out of the Sept 16-20 event, for smaller labels doing so is tricker.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2022

Android 10 was Quince Tart Now that we know that Google has settled on Tiramisu as a codename, we can’t help but turn our attention to Android 14’s tricker U-based options.

From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2022

But so flustered and confused was I that I never had mind to pull the tricker, though I rammed down a fresh cartridge at the word of command.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur