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Example Sentences

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This loan-blocking exercise may be a shakedown ploy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The NBA's ploy to inject intensity into this weekend's All-Star Game with a new US-versus-the-world format has divided basketball's biggest superstars before a single slam dunk has been scored.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

They saw the heavy charges levelled against him as a typical ploy to get people to sign up.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

“This is simply a ploy for him to draw more attention to himself, and he’s using this issue to do it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025

"It was a publicity ploy by Ashland Avenue, apparently," she says.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan