shell game
Example Sentences
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This atomic shell game would cover an area about the size of the state of Alabama.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025
The 82-page suit on behalf of Leadenhall Capital Partners claimed that the owners were “operating a giant shell game at best, and an outright Ponzi scheme at worst.”
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024
“It’s a shell game and there’s no way to enforce this stuff because it’s all an algorithm in a black box — how we’re paid and whether or not we get benefits,” Moore said.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
"Your assets can be moved around in whatever shell game Binance prefers. And in the end, whenever everything crashes you're last in line," Stark told Reuters.
From Reuters • Jun. 6, 2023
It was a shell game with no actual pea under the rapidly moving cups.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
