masterstroke

Example Sentences

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At the time, Jeffrey K. Hadden, a University of Virginia sociologist and a Robertson biographer, said Robertson’s masterstroke was insisting that three million followers across the U.S. sign petitions before he would decide to run.

From Seattle Times

He’s also setting the stage for his most calculated masterstroke, an extraordinarily orchestrated 15-minute town-hall sequence in which the migrants become an all-too-useful scapegoat, a common enemy against which to unite.

From Los Angeles Times

Wagner’s signing with the Rams last March was hailed as a masterstroke at the time, the defending Super Bowl champions picking up one of the greatest defensive players in the league’s history.

From Seattle Times

But there is a simple guidepost available: reclaiming the meaning of freedom, itself a core liberal value that conservatives have stolen in a masterstroke of envious reversal.

From Salon

Despite the sneers of many Republicans who are eager to abandon the Ukrainians to the terror that awaits them if Putin wins, Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv was a diplomatic masterstroke.

From Seattle Times