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Recent Examples of smoke screen
Any dignified motivations that had once held sway—making art for art’s sake, acting to minimize suffering—became smoke screens to distract others from my selfishness.
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Moscow’s troops have also deployed old-age techniques like smoke screens, anti-drone cages, and more to keep their tanks safe.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
The celebrated institutions of democracy and transparency appeared to them as nothing more than smoke screens.
—Susanna Wing, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2012
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
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Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Moscow’s troops have also deployed old-age techniques like smoke screens, anti-drone cages, and more to keep their tanks safe.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
The celebrated institutions of democracy and transparency appeared to them as nothing more than smoke screens.
—Susanna Wing, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2012
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke screen
Noun
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As for the dire wolf, Lamm told me that the decision to put it at the front of the line was not because the company was impatient with its difficult marquee projects.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the photo, Haack and Larocca, 52, smiled for the camera while standing in front of what appeared to be a yellow villa.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, the kitchen includes heated floors, electric blinds and access to the terrace through a folding glass wall.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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They have been replaced by a set of stark, white blinds.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC News,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And last year's $30 million in romance swindles was up from 2023's $24.4 million.—
Alex Fitzpatrick,
Axios,
18 Mar. 2025
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Among the top swindles is one in which people extort money by pretending an arrest warrant has been issued for the victim, Smith said.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Dwight Gooden, who was the rookie of the year in 1984, thought the hoax was real at first.—
New York Daily News,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2025
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In reality, the book and the article were the twin prongs of an elaborate hoax — but an important and influential one, Tinline explains in this entertaining history, with reverberations that have lasted into the present era of QAnon and Deep State conspiracy theories.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The panel also agreed Way acted with malice, oppression or fraud, and awarded her another $250,000 in punitive damages.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk have both alleged widespread fraud within the SSA.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The timing makes his duplicity clear: Target sold Pride merchandise peacefully and in large part profitably for a decade.—
Orlando Sentinel and South Florida Sun Sentinel Editorial Boards,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2025
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For the moment, however, in the aftermath of the Taliban’s duplicity about al Qaeda, the best option would be to find modest, pragmatic ways of cooperating, even as all parties watch each other with deep suspicion.—
Graeme Smith,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Aug. 2022
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Jane was a devout Protestant at a time of religious upheaval, the ultimate innocent victim of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign.—
Pan Pylas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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The big picture: Opponents argue that moves like these give a green light for corporations to engage in all kinds of chicanery.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This is a desperate attempt to do an end run around the French people.—
The Editors,
National Review,
4 Apr. 2025
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The idea is to end run the bureaucracy for subsidies for housing and just give people direct, fast cash for covering rent.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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