three-card monte

Yet racing, at times, plays its fatality numbers as if it were a game of three-card monte.

But these dynamics are uncertain in a play that treats identity like a game of three-card monte.

Just as any three-card monte con artist depends on a crowd salted with shills, political grifters use the diversionary tactics of red/blue divisions — our guy may be bad, but your guy is worse.

Zooming out a little, the entire right-wing media infrastructure is a game of three-card monte.

If you see anyone playing three-card monte or a shell game, just keep walking.