subterfuge

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Through methods like search engine optimization and other nifty page-ranking subterfuge, this nonverified content climbs to the top of search results and people’s consciousness.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

And Tehran now sees the Witkoff track as subterfuge.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

And—circling back to “Slater the Traitor”—industrial espionage is also proliferating, as individuals and nations look to gain through subterfuge.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Nonetheless, rogue states proceeded toward nuclear-power status through determination and subterfuge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

The woods, Miguel, and love were lost in the deep well of her terror and she resigned herself to facing her fate without subterfuge.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende