smoke screen

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Recent Examples of smoke screen Understanding money will give us a sword to pierce through the smoke screen, a vehicle to reach the bottom of the rabbit hole, a lens to appreciate the economic reality of transactions, and a compass to guide choices and decision-making in healthcare and in general. Ge Bai, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 Former leaders who backed the theater project reject the charge as a baseless smoke screen for the new regime’s governance problems. Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023 This allows the tank to engage targets with high first-round hit accuracy, day or night, and even engage moving enemy targets through enemy smoke screens. Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023 At the rear, the DB5’s twin exhaust pipes have been repurposed as an outlet for the smoke screen. Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 20 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for smoke screen 
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Noun
  • The final moments of season two put Goldstein’s dramatic acting to the test even further when his character, still holding on to so much grief and heartbreak over the accident, is steps away from jumping in front of a train.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Getting in front of them beforehand through various forms of content such as interviews, thought leadership articles and social posts, can help alleviate the fear and build trust with your community. 3.
    Jenna Guarneri, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • According to the Indiana Capital Chronicle, witnesses were only allowed to watch the execution for six minutes before blinds to the viewing room were closed.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Currently, Android users can add any of Eve’s other Matter devices — such as the Eve Energy smart plug and Eve Motion blinds — to compatible platforms, including Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings.
    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In Freeform's brand new series, Scam Goddess, based on her book and podcast of the same name, the comedian is taking her sense for swindles on the road.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The videos are being used in investment scams, such as romance swindles, and in other ways.
    Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But the next day, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones went on air claiming the shooting was a hoax.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The spy, who admitted to escaping from prison, was cleared of carrying out a bomb hoax.
    Kathy Rose O'Brien, CNN, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Cody Winn, 27, was indicted by a grand jury on 31 counts of telecommunications fraud and 62 counts of theft, all of which are felony charges, according to a news release from the Clermont County Sheriff's Office.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Five years later, a Times investigation revisited the scandal with a trove of new documents that offer a more complex view of Varsity Blues and deeper questions about universities like USC that claimed to be victims of fraud.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This helps Harrow’s case, but getting hard evidence of Valya’s duplicity will help even more.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Zach Bannon, a spokesman for Hovde, accused Baldwin of duplicity for, in effect, saying one thing about price gouging in the Senate and doing another with her campaign fund.
    Daniel Bice, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • The eternal fight for liberty — slaves into gladiators, gladiators into free men — calls for courage and purpose beyond Lucius’s nightmarish expectations, uncovering the treachery and chicanery of Roman politics.
    Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
  • After eight episodes of legal and emotional chicanery, a jury finds Rusty Sabich not guilty of murdering his lover, Carolyn Polhemus.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 July 2024
Noun
  • In interviews, professors who specialize in bankruptcy said that the bonuses appeared to be an end run around Kennedy’s reforms.
    Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The sea may provide an end run for the West in escaping China’s monopolization of terrestrial mining.
    Greg Autry, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

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