subterfuge

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Through methods like search engine optimization and other nifty page-ranking subterfuge, this nonverified content climbs to the top of search results and people’s consciousness.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

And—circling back to “Slater the Traitor”—industrial espionage is also proliferating, as individuals and nations look to gain through subterfuge.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

They found tests showed it was possible, but there was no evidence of this type of subterfuge taking place.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Nonetheless, rogue states proceeded toward nuclear-power status through determination and subterfuge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

“It shall not be long,” said he, “before they discover our subterfuge and send riders after us.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson