stratagem
Example Sentences
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That’s the unfortunate stratagem Katy Perry resorts to at the end of her new album, “143,” in a groaner of a closer called “Wonder” that features a guest turn by the singer’s 4-year-old daughter, Daisy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024
We’ll know more about whether the stratagem accomplished anything when the preliminary injunction case goes to a hearing in December.
From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2022
After a few frantic hours, the stratagem worked, and the migrants were picked up and taken to Sicily.
From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020
Nor is the climactic battle scene that will hinge on a one-chance-in-a-million stratagem.
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2019
It had to be a stratagem, designed to lull Volantene suspicions.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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