smokescreen

Example Sentences

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Lars Düsterhöft, a lawmaker in Berlin with the center-left SPD who has championed human composting in the German capital, said the industry arguments were smokescreens.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

He said that the OPM was crafting smokescreens between itself and the layoffs to make them legal and refused to buy the line that the agency had no say in the widespread reduction in force.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

It provided links to two videos posted on social media that it said show "155mm white phosphorus artillery projectiles being used, apparently as smokescreens, marking, or signaling".

From Reuters • Oct. 12, 2023

Unless it’s all smokescreens, there must be a reason teams are trying to leapfrog into the top 3 picks reportedly to grab the 19-year-old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

"Reg and Michael should stop raising smokescreens to distract the media from their internal problems," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2010