fig leaf
Example Sentences
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“This is just a fig leaf to deflect from criticism,” Ocasio-Cortez posted on X External link in response to Kalshi’s new measures.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Magda, the manager, helps me with a goat cheese, Mothais sur Feuille, wrapped in a fig leaf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
It’s a fig leaf so thin the merest whisper of a breeze wafts it away.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024
This bit of casual cruelty came packaged with an expensive fig leaf: A $50,000 reward to anyone who shares information leading to the suspect's capture.
From Salon • May 2, 2023
They arranged some type of work for us to do in the courtyard, but it was merely a fig leaf to hide their capitulation.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
