smoke screen

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Wheatley's husband Darren Wheatley called Lloyd "a coward" who had "hidden behind your carefully orchestrated smoke screen".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

An adviser to Aksyonov, Oleg Kryuchkov, claimed that “a smoke screen was put up by special services.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2023

Or maybe this all proves to be a smoke screen and the Dodgers ultimately go with Urías in Game 1, after all, electing to treat their apparent ace like one.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2022

There was no indication that the relatively low-level denial-of-service attacks might be a smoke screen for more serious cyber mischief.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2022

“I could maybe rig some kind of camouflage,” Leo said, “like a smoke screen to hide us in the clouds.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan