tactic
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Furthermore, citing AI as a reason for cuts will lose its luster among investors as more and more companies use the same tactic.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
The old Downing Street tactic whenever jaws dropped at a headline-grabbing declaration from the White House was to say: "We're not getting involved" or "what's there to gain?"
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Healey told a Downing Street press conference on Thursday that Russia had sent an Akula class submarine as a diversionary tactic while two of its Guggi spy submarines carried out the surveillance of these cables.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Other senior administration officials and Trump allies said they viewed the Truth Social post as a negotiating tactic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
I apply the same tactic when I have to eat something I loathe.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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