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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In recent years, however, with the cost of a national Big Game campaign rising significantly, some of Madison Avenue’s top denizens have tested the ploy.—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025 The viral claim about Trader Joe's offering $750 gift cards has become the latest ploy targeting unsuspecting consumers.—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 Law & Order is making a Shameless ploy to flesh out Nolan Price’s backstory.—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Jan. 2025 While some shows pump the creative well dry by cranking out arthritic prequels and sequels, Erickson and Stiller keep galloping forward, keeping their creation fresh rather than designed to sound the same notes time and again in a lame ploy to appease the faithful.—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ploy
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