Trojan horse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Trojan horse
Noun
  • Only Alain seems eager to ignore the disinformation and embrace this Potemkin village as the real deal (except when his eyes show a gathering concern).
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • But his proudest accomplishments amount to little more than a progressive Potemkin village.
    Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • This leaves some experts questioning whether AI could be serving as a fig leaf for companies that are laying off employees for old-fashioned reasons, such as financial underperformance or global economic uncertainty.
    Jared Perlo, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • New Zealand Christmas trees, fig leaf plants and paspalum grass accent the outdoor living space.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • To better understand how these storms can wreak so much havoc, our research team created simulations to show how storms interact with Earth’s natural magnetic shield and trigger the dangerous geomagnetic activity that can shut down electric grids.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The head shield, all of those tiles on the bottom, would be stripped off.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Zohran Mamdani on His Unlikely Rise When the screens at the Brooklyn Paramount event confirmed his victory, attendees loudly cheered for minutes on end.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Margret Rojas, 38, (@stylethegirl), posted a short clip of herself running on Instagram, followed by a screen recording of messages from her husband, Diego, 38, and their daughter, aged 9, and son, 5.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Step 7: Dust Window Treatments Clean the windows and window treatments by dusting or washing blinds or curtains, according to their care instructions.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
  • And there are a lot of options, from wood blinds to zebra shades to cafe shutters and beyond.
    Liz Ohanesian, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Trojan horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Trojan%20horse. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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