ruse
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One day, and I guess that day has finally come, this ruse stopped working.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Markets will make wrong reads, fall for a ruse or bad news that turns out to be not so bad after all.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
Then it was loaded onto American C-5 cargo planes that flew over the Mediterranean before turning toward Saudi Arabia, bolstering the ruse that it was American equipment that was being delivered from the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Viewers immediately saw through the ruse, recognizing that Ring’s web of surveillance could absolutely be used to watch almost everyone, almost everywhere, whether or not they’ve done something illegal.
From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026
There was a rumor that Seabiscuit’s lameness was a ruse designed to avoid a loss to War Admiral, and an awful lot of people believed it.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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