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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke screen
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First lady Jill Biden told several dozen military children who sat in front of her on the floor of the East Room facing two large glittering Christmas trees flanking the doorway that they are loved.arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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He was arrested for a DUI and handcuffed with his hands in front of him.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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Cleaning blinds is likely a seasonal task, so try to time it right before Thanksgiving.Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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Tattered blinds are drawn in the windows, some of which are broken or boarded up.Bridget Read, Curbed, 15 Nov. 2024
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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
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The videos are being used in investment scams, such as romance swindles, and in other ways.Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Jones repeatedly called the shooting that killed 20 children and six educators a hoax staged by actors and aimed at increasing gun control.CBS News, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jones’s site was put up for sale as part of his bankruptcy case in the wake of the nearly $1.5 billion that courts ordered Jones to pay families tied to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings for falsely calling the massacre a hoax.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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In a new interview with Axios at the Aspen Security Forum, Ramaswamy said while the new department would look for waste and fraud within Social Security and Medicare, large widespread cuts are unlikely to be enacted.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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They have both been charged with conspiracy, fraud, and 58 counts of forgery each. School vouchers, which allow parents to receive taxpayer funds to send their children to private or charter schools, have been a hot-button issue in the state since their inception in 2011.Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Dec. 2024
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Newly aware of his subordinate’s duplicity, Masa charges at Yuki from his seat among his look-alikes in the audience.Chris Klimek, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
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The right-wing press, though, which had sung the praises of Reuss’ performance a few days earlier, now saw confirmation of characteristic Jewish duplicity and demanded that the government charge Reuss with fraud.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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But also because what happens in Georgia sets the recognizable pattern of political chicanery, disinformation and interference elsewhere.Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Specifically, expect to see a new look at the latest DLC for Alan Wake 2, The Lake House, and an in-depth look at the latest chicanery coming out of Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.Ash Parrish, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2024
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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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The other is that Trump didn't try to end run the process to force Gaetz down the throats of the American legal community.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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