ruse
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“Believe me, it’s easier than you would ever think,” added Silver, who recently lost money to a different ruse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Journalists and some White House staff on board did not know the US president had been smuggled out as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
U.S. officials allegedly devised the ruse after they became concerned about an Iranian threat to target Trump as he left Turkey, which borders Iran.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Like any cheap knock-off, with Vance the ruse becomes clear at even a cursory examination.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
They laughed then, uproariously, about the speed with which they had run, the pose they had assumed, the ruse they had invented to escape or decrease some threat to their manliness, their humanness.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Gould used all of them against Vanderbilt, employing various ruses to issue massive amounts of new stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The specific issue with the windbreakers was that ICE agents were engaging in various ruses to get people to open the door.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2025
He’d devised elaborate ruses to gather evidence of militias’ ties to high-ranking law enforcement officials.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
And while he called the debate over interrogation methods a “complex question,” he said he remains convinced “that there’s a point in time to use ruses in interrogation techniques.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
“The best ruses always have some seed of truth,” said the Tattered Prince.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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