pretext

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“It’s all pretext and obfuscation when the real agenda is rejecting conventional science and serving a predetermined anti-vaccine agenda,” Richard Hughes IV, a law professor at George Washington University, told The Guardian.

From Salon

For as long as index funds have existed, they’ve been under attack from competitors flinging one flimsy pretext after another.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet even if relations warm, China is likely to continue use Takaichi's statements as a pretext to justify expanding its military activities, analysts said.

From Barron's

With such a pretext, "you can also invade Berlin," he said.

From Barron's

MSF slammed the move, which takes effect on March 1, as a "pretext" to obstruct aid.

From Barron's