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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'ugly trick' is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is often used to describe a deceitful or dishonest action. Example: "His colleagues were shocked when they found out about his ugly trick to cheat the company out of thousands of dollars."
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I don't care what variation you do, it's an ugly trick.
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Destroying voter registration forms is not merely an ugly political trick; it can be a felony.
Cause this is one ugly ass trick.
So it's pretty depressing — though hardly surprising — to see the same, ugly T&C tricks continuing to be used to try to sneak consent by keeping users in the dark.
George Bernard Shaw was with Cormac McCarthy on the apostrophe: "There is not the faintest reason for persisting in the ugly and silly trick of peppering pages with these uncouth bacilli".
She uses the same tricks ugly girls use, like tanning yourself orange and bleaching your hair.
Now, she's repeated the trick: The Ugly Truth, which she also produced, redefines dire.
Another version of this story tells of an ugly old man who tricks a tengu into giving him his magical cloak and causes mayhem for his fellow villagers.
Lots and lots of old, mom-and-pop parks—like Angela Park in Pennsylvania have been bulldozed over the years, and the footage of what once was is so shaky and ugly that it almost tricks your brain into thinking you're looking at the present, instead of the ghostly remnants of a good time someone had before you were even born, in a place you'll never be able to actually go.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has turned the trick of winning ugly into an art form - but there is no merit in losing ugly and that is exactly what his side did as Paris St-Germain deservedly dismissed them from the Champions League.
Accusations of dirty tricks raised their ugly head.
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