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Or were their outrageous takes simply a ploy to boost ratings?
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
“I feel like it was a ploy to get his ballroom that he wants, and that’s his reason,” one explained.
From Salon • May 13, 2026
"Mr Young's attempt to blame certain world events for our termination of the agreement is merely a ploy to distract from his own defaults and failures."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
This loan-blocking exercise may be a shakedown ploy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
“Even Duck knows that tale. Can you tell me the name of the knight who tried the same ploy with Vhagar during the Dance of the Dragons?” lyrion grinned.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Into the Wild
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