decoy

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Left behind on the decoy plane were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and other administration officials and aides.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Two members of US President Donald Trump's cabinet were on a decoy plane that Trump secretly exited before boarding a different flight in Turkey last month, CBS News reports.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

So why was the old Air Force One the decoy in this case?

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Hiding so sneaky that it’s hidden below tears that you think are trying to hide themselves—but they’re actually decoy tears.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

“I took care of that and left behind some decoys to buy you some time to investigate.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Police whistles trilled madly as Legionnaires decoyed harried truck drivers to the curb.

From Time Magazine Archive

A fourth receiver, the end on the weak side, keeps the safety man decoyed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Many scientific men are decoyed on in the search for truth with a spell unknown to others: the anticipation of the results sometimes amounts to a passion.

From Meteorology or Weather Explained by J. G. M'Pherson

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

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

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

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