subterfuge

Example Sentences

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As the blunt but sweet small-town police chief, Marge Gunderson, McDormand shows up only when the audience is up to their eyeballs in snowy subterfuge.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 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

“The Baron of Wall Street” proclaims that Dillon—not alone in his era—enriched himself through “chicanery, subterfuge, and graft.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The woods, Miguel, and love were lost in the deep well of her terror and she resigned herself to facing her fate without subterfuge.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende