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Recent Examples of ploy Macfarlane’s history begins in 1971 when a young law scholar named Christopher Stone, seeing that his students were bored senseless by his efforts, tried a desperate ploy. Daegan Miller june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025 Democrats characterized it as another political ploy by Walters, widely viewed as a potential candidate for governor in 2026, at the expense of schoolchildren. Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025 Their ploy was copied and the ‘third back game’, as it was then known, became the standard system. Michael Cox, New York Times, 12 June 2025 The kidnappers are Corsican nationalists who are executing their most dramatic ploy for liberation by keeping Séverine their hostage. Emily Temple may 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ploy
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Noun
  • Barriers lifted in advance, Mellor and his French Resistance passengers hurtled through at 80mph leaving guards little chance of spotting the night-time ruse.
    Iain Macauley, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
  • The ruse, Smith suggested in her memoir, was employed successfully on at least one occasion.
    Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • The film sees Steamboat Willie’s first mate, Minnie, go on a killing spree when seeking revenge against the childhood bullies who tortured her as a teenager.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 June 2025
  • Zuckerberg’s poaching spree is just the high-stakes version of a much older human truth: transformation is easier to imagine when someone close has already blazed the trail.
    Ellen Choi, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • And most recycling schemes are still small-scale, unable to keep up with the sheer volume of cheap and short-use clothing flowing through the system.
    Zoe Bayliss Wong, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • Galeotti said these schemes can increase the national deficit and threaten the long-term viability of health care for seniors, individuals with disabilities and other citizens who need these programs.
    Jenna Sundel Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • This isn't the first time the former Sports Illustrated model has shared parenting tips and tricks.
    Clare Fisher, People.com, 23 June 2025
  • The magic trick is that Sunny gradually learned how to distinguish its POV from the characters’, showing empathy not only for the Gang’s victims, but also the Gang itself.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2025

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