as in ruse
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
a temporary suspension of the gas tax was just a crowd-pleasing juggle that was not a long-term solution to the energy problem
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as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue
everyone thinks that they are too smart to be juggled by con artists
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Recent Examples of juggle
Mike Valerio, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Same juggle as always: working, hanging with the kids, figuring out after-school activities.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
As the primary caretaker, Manuela wasn’t able to work during the week, and Luis was already juggling three other jobs, cutting meat at H-E-B, cleaning out incinerators, and raising cattle.
—Cat Cardenas, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Re juggles making meals, getting the older twins to school and back, changing diapers on the younger twins and making her own YouTube videos to introduce life in South Korea to the world.
—Mike Valerio, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Same juggle as always: working, hanging with the kids, figuring out after-school activities.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Verb
The film stars Laetitia Dosch as a TV reporter juggling work commitments, motherhood and a toxic relationship with a needy ex-partner, played by Vincent Macaigne.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
As the primary caretaker, Manuela wasn’t able to work during the week, and Luis was already juggling three other jobs, cutting meat at H-E-B, cleaning out incinerators, and raising cattle.
—Cat Cardenas, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for juggle
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Sunday outsmarted Adam and Hannah with a ruse at Tribal Council.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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That was a ruse for Litton, who does not have a grandson, to get onto campus, Honea said.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
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This is critical, as 2G networks are far less secure than 3G and especially LTE and 5G. Simple network attack devices, which trick phones into jumping from real networks to local, fraudulent ones, try to make a 2G connection with lower encryption levels.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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To trick the German forces into believing that a much larger American force was stationed in various locations, diverting attention away from the real operations and damaging enemy morale.Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
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Pacifica came out on its first possession and used a no-huddle, up-tempo scheme to drive 72 yards for a 7-0 lead on Royster’s seven-yard touchdown run.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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Ryan Harris, 36, of New Orleans, was among eight people and two law firms that have been charged in what federal prosecutors say was a yearslong scheme of crashing vehicles into tractor-trailers, fleeing while passengers in those vehicles pretended to be the drivers and lying about what happened.Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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File-sharing phishing attacks, are an email threat in which a cybercriminal legitimate file-hosting or e-signature solutions to deceive the victim.Davey Winder, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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This content, much of it clearly generated by AI rather than intended to deceive—a medium of crude self-expression, not sophisticated subterfuge—may have been the technology’s biggest impact on the 2024 presidential election.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Defenders of Google might argue that tax dodges help the company amass needed funds for future innovations.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Dec. 2010
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Reality check: Despite the dodges, Harris has stated some of her policy priorities — namely to boost security on the Southwest border, put more limitations on asylum, and bring down the costs of food and housing.Alex Thompson, Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
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That rough rollout inspired immediate push-back and criticism from activists, some of which attached traffic cones to the hoods of cars to fool Cruise sensors and immobilize them.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
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Don't be fooled into thinking a nice hotel is less likely to have bedbugs.Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Users who have TikTok downloaded on their devices would still be able to use the app, but banning TikTok from app stores would prohibit future software updates.Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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On average, each home has around 17 smart devices, and many people own electric vehicles.Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Currently, a pound of lionfish meat fetches around $6, Beauford says.Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2024
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While movies fans have been saying it for years —fetch is one of the more memorable terms and lines spoken in a movie chock full of quotes — Chabert's daughter has now spoken it her.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Juggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juggle. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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