decoy

On the might’ve-gotten-blown-up decoy plane were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, the White House press pool and others.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The president sent the decoy plane into the air with everyone inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Many of those on Air Force One, including the traveling press, didn’t appreciate discovering that they had been put on a decoy plane that government officials thought Iran might blow to smithereens.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

They asked about the unusual journey, which included an order by the Secret Service that the window shades on the decoy plane be closed during takeoff from Ankara.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Surely the combination of fire, smoke, the stink of caverns, and bandits with decoy sweat would conceal their scent.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Some traveling media expressed anger at having unwittingly served as decoys, while others complained about deception and lack of communication from the White House.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The venues are like decoys, real estate ventures that would find a way no matter the acts or genre, it turns out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

Companies sell decoys, which trail planes or ships, sometimes looking like a missile, and emit signals to confuse adversaries into targeting it instead of its mother ship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

But there is no evidence that AI can help solve the problem of blocking hundreds of fast-flying warheads embedded in a cloud of decoys.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025

Crazy Horse and his fellow decoys joined the battle.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

I sent him on a long scavenger hunt, then decoyed him in for a backhand drop and flicked it crosscourt into open space.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016

But then: "The tempter came, like the serpent of Eden, and decoyed them with the majic word of 'freedom.'"

From Time ● Apr. 7, 2011

Example: the famous Battle for Leyte Gulf in October 1944, where some critics claim that the Japanese decoyed Halsey out of position.

From Time Magazine Archive

They gave up that strategy when Rocket-Richard decoyed his defenders out of the play to give his mates a better shot at the cage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stephan emigration had also decoyed a number of inhabitants from Saxe-Altenburg.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

Duplicitous collectors have created a thriving ecosystem of stockpiling, hiding, and decoying that makes it well-nigh impossible to find a scooter in need of charging.

From Slate ● May 22, 2018

Instead, he concentrates on controlling the boards, decoying enemy defenders, setting up teammates for open shots.

From Time Magazine Archive

And more recently, at Thanksgiving, after I made a queen-high straight on the turn and raked in all the remaining chips, the wind wound up wrong for decoying geese at our favorite blind.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is especially true when you're rattling, calling, or decoying big game.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her gentle efforts to guide the hand of destiny, by decoying her master with fertile tricks or by reticent considerations these had not bean strong enough to be recognized in the despotism of fife.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White