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Recent Examples of fig leaf
Unfortunately, that skepticism is often accompanied by a reflexive suspicion that any support for human rights is a fig leaf for imperialism.
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Matthew Duss, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2020
Yet claims of conservation appear to be a mere fig leaf for certain commercial safari ranches.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Sep. 2024
These gestures have been welcomed by Western governments, though many experts discount them as a fig leaf.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
To put it another way, the technology shouldn’t be employed as a fig leaf for fashion to keep churning out ever-increasing quantities of synthetics.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Matthew Duss, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2020
Yet claims of conservation appear to be a mere fig leaf for certain commercial safari ranches.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Sep. 2024
These gestures have been welcomed by Western governments, though many experts discount them as a fig leaf.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
To put it another way, the technology shouldn’t be employed as a fig leaf for fashion to keep churning out ever-increasing quantities of synthetics.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig leaf
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But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
26 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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Her newer work is filled with references to the American realist — shadows stretch across faces, light filters through blinds and voyeuristically peeks into homes.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Several reddish-brown spots were located on the walls, bed frame, and blinds of the master bedroom.—
Audrey Conklin,
Fox News,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Fig leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig%20leaf. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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