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"It has never been a marketing ploy for me... but I never had any idea how much it would facilitate our business," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 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

As it turns out, that was exactly what made “One Mike” such a useful ploy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

I am especially intrigued by China’s repeat of its rare-earth ploy.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026

As I smiled at his ploy, I remembered eighteen-year-old Faben doing exactly the same when Flint was a baby—because Flo didn’t want to stop feasting on termites and Faben was impatient to be gone.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall