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Recent Examples of Potemkin village
But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
The resort reproduces an ancient Apulian town and farmhouse in a project that some locals have likened to a Mediterranean Potemkin village.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 11 June 2024
The fake blood, the cars on rails, the Potemkin villages, not to mention the computer graphics, the herds and armies and tempests that exist only in code.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Is the immaculate beauty of that metro station a Potemkin village glossing over the fear with which many Russians live?
—Scott Simon, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
Most of San Francisco will remain filthy, lawless and plagued with homeless encampments and drugs, and the Potemkin village will vanish after the summit.
—WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
But Horizons Worlds, which as of October reportedly had less than two hundred thousand users, is so far more like a virtual Potemkin village constructed to keep the boss happy.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2022
The $60 million headquarters, for one, was barely a Potemkin village.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
These guys taking the field now are placeholders, the Potemkin village of playoff teams.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
The resort reproduces an ancient Apulian town and farmhouse in a project that some locals have likened to a Mediterranean Potemkin village.
—Emma Bubola, New York Times, 11 June 2024
The fake blood, the cars on rails, the Potemkin villages, not to mention the computer graphics, the herds and armies and tempests that exist only in code.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Is the immaculate beauty of that metro station a Potemkin village glossing over the fear with which many Russians live?
—Scott Simon, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
Most of San Francisco will remain filthy, lawless and plagued with homeless encampments and drugs, and the Potemkin village will vanish after the summit.
—WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
But Horizons Worlds, which as of October reportedly had less than two hundred thousand users, is so far more like a virtual Potemkin village constructed to keep the boss happy.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2022
The $60 million headquarters, for one, was barely a Potemkin village.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
These guys taking the field now are placeholders, the Potemkin village of playoff teams.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Potemkin village
Noun
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Using them as a fig leaf to impose tariffs on all goods in contradiction to an existing trade agreement is clearly contrary to congressional intent.—
The Editors,
National Review,
2 Feb. 2025
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The countertop acts as the bar, with the silver cylinders housing opening flavors: gingerbread; an almost savory fig leaf, oolong, and prune; mellow sorbets.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The iPhone 16e features a larger screen, utilizes Face ID, features a USB-C charging ports and includes a 48-megapixel rear camera.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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If the long track record of Hawk-Eye used during tennis matches is a guide, fans are more than willing to ooh and ahh in excitement at a digital representation of a ball on a giant screen.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There is now a furore over 500 billion Euros in defense bonds, joint nuclear shields and defense equipment shopping lists.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Above Chernobyl: After a Russian drone strike blew a hole in the radiation shield looming 40 stories above the site, Ukraine is working to patch what covers the wreckage of the world’s worst nuclear accident.—
Kim Barker,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Use cordless blinds, and get any other cords out of reach.—
Shoko Wanger,
Architectural Digest,
12 Feb. 2025
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This fall, a Wisconsin duck hunter shot and killed one of several wolves that surrounded his blind.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Potemkin village.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Potemkin%20village. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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