gimmick
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Rios first claimed that Peltola knew about the gimmick before trying to retract her comments.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Sometimes they took their name with them; other times they molded themselves to whatever gimmick their new promoter needed on the roster.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ms. Singer calls it a gimmick, noting that “many kids were clicking, dragging and dropping—essentially stacking or compiling—prewritten coding blocks, without writing out the computer code itself.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
She has also called the establishment of No10 North a "gimmick".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Every business needed a gimmick, I suppose, and hers clearly worked if she could afford a pad like this.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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If he thinks such gimmicks will work, he’s even more naive than his robot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Unfortunately, many legitimate-looking companies also use shell-company gimmicks to lower their tax bills.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
In other words, for now Caniacs are safe in their chicken-finger fiefdom, free from gimmicks in their food—save those for the DJ booth.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
Ceremonies deemed to be "gimmicks" that risk trivialising the legal act of marriage would not be allowed.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Reilly must have smuggled the pirate gimmicks out of the garage the afternoon before.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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