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The phrase "a trick like" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when comparing or giving an example of a trick or method that is similar to another.
Example: "He pulled off a trick like the one I saw in the magician's show last week."
Alternatives: "a trick similar to" or "a trick akin to".
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By splitting his Web time between the two, Grossman argues it's less likely that an insecure site could use a trick like Cross-Site Scripting or Cross-Site Request Forgery to steal the "cookie" files that would allow access to the secure sites.
Even his mastery of illusion has never been able to pull off a trick like this.
But when I'm considering implementing a trick like power posing, they're not hugely relevant.
Sometimes the orchestra tries a trick, like playing a Rachmaninoff piano prelude in an arrangement for strings.
She could toss off coloratura high notes galore by herself, but to her it was "like a trick, like pretending to be an opera singer".
Staring into her sleepy eyes, I tell her that I could never endure a rival, that I'll leave her instantly if she ever tries a trick like that, she can't take advantage of me, I wasn't born yesterday.
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It's a trick she likes to do, a habit; she likes to count them, pretend they're sparks.
They swing between male and female, which is a trick Ragnar likes to play.
It sounds like a trick question, like trying to separate the chicken from the egg.
You want to do a similar trick like a light kickflip.
However, just in case they decide to slip in a trick question, like "A-ha!
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