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Examples of ploy in a Sentence
Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
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The measure had met with resistance from opposition parties in recent months, and led to widespread anger and huge demonstrations in cities around Spain, with opponents denouncing it as a ploy by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to remain in power.
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Rachel Chaundler, New York Times, 30 May 2024
This British import, streaming in the U.S. as a Tubi original, follows five Black scholarship students whose admission to a posh, extremely white boarding school is a ploy to counteract a noxious new story about its bratty students.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 May 2024
Republicans attacked the move as an election-year ploy that hurts the nation's energy reserve.
—Caleigh Bartash, ABC News, 23 May 2024
But that 10% off discount code or free shipping coupon that seems like a good deal is oftentimes just a ploy to separate Americans from their money.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 May 2024
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Rachel Chaundler, New York Times, 30 May 2024
This British import, streaming in the U.S. as a Tubi original, follows five Black scholarship students whose admission to a posh, extremely white boarding school is a ploy to counteract a noxious new story about its bratty students.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 30 May 2024
Republicans attacked the move as an election-year ploy that hurts the nation's energy reserve.
—Caleigh Bartash, ABC News, 23 May 2024
But that 10% off discount code or free shipping coupon that seems like a good deal is oftentimes just a ploy to separate Americans from their money.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for ploy
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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ploy
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: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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