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
In his final mission, Mr. Bluestein said, the ruses devised by the roughly 360 soldiers of his battalion forced German commanders to spread their defenses thin in eastern France.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
Desdemona had to devise elaborate ruses to satisfy him, telling him that our kitchen was the Zebra Room, only redecorated, and lamenting at how bad business was.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
