shock tactics

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Macras doesn’t go in for the shock tactics that are Holzinger’s stock in trade, but she still appears to take a page from the younger and more transgressive practitioner of dance theater.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2023

The declaration, leaving Pakistan about 100 overs for the chase, was generous, but immediately vindicated by the success of England's shock tactics.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2022

British payments company Wise tried shock tactics in its early days, with anti-bank ads and flash mobs across the City of London.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2021

Maher, 66, a gay man who grew up in Brooklyn and came out as a teen, favors loving outreach over shock tactics.

From Washington Times • May 8, 2021

For short cruises, coast work, rapid forays, and "shock tactics," she was admirable; but she could not stray far from a friendly port, nor put out in foul weather.

From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John