gambit
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Writer-director Adam Meeks has set out to make a drama-documentary hybrid, and this is his simple opening gambit, accustoming us to seeing the characters he has created enmeshed in a world inhabited by real people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In retrospect, though, the president’s post was likely part of the gambit, helping him slip away aboard an entirely different plane.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
But Ham’s gambit is insulting on another level, because this is also a common sense issue.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Unified could be viewed as a last-ditch gambit to salvage a desperate financial situation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Tristran read it to himself, looking for something about which he could begin to talk: a conversational gambit of some kind—any kind.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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