ruses
Example Sentences
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Skipton’s devious ruses and desperate escapades prove diverting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 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
Others, clinging still to that brief glimpse of post-Civil War freedom, employed a thousand ruses and stratagems of struggle to win their rights.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
