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Recent Examples of smoke screen
Whether there is any fire behind this week’s apparent smoke screen of a meeting, or if Francis is even thinking about resigning is unknown to perhaps but a few of his closest allies, and probably not even them.
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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Optional features include smoke screens, thermal night-vision and electromagnetic pulse protection.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Any dignified motivations that had once held sway—making art for art’s sake, acting to minimize suffering—became smoke screens to distract others from my selfishness.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Moscow’s troops have also deployed old-age techniques like smoke screens, anti-drone cages, and more to keep their tanks safe.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Optional features include smoke screens, thermal night-vision and electromagnetic pulse protection.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
Any dignified motivations that had once held sway—making art for art’s sake, acting to minimize suffering—became smoke screens to distract others from my selfishness.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
Moscow’s troops have also deployed old-age techniques like smoke screens, anti-drone cages, and more to keep their tanks safe.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke screen
Noun
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For the most part, the Chiefs’ defensive front could not penetrate the Chargers’ offensive line, providing Herbert the necessary time to hit receivers consistently open by several steps.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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It’s made with a soft cotton-blend material, sporting a classic gingham pattern, four buttons down the front, and a slim fit that cinches in your waist for a flattering silhouette.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Two older cats in the home, one ill, the other blind, followed the sounds into the room.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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And most companies are walking into that future blind.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Martini plays Porter Baldwin, a cutthroat East Coast businessman clawing his way back to respectability through a land swindle in the West.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
14 Aug. 2025
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According to a press release from Ellison’s office, a jury found Yusuf guilty of six counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Air Force took this case seriously under Project Blue Book, officially classifying it as ‘unexplained’ after finding no evidence of a hoax.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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This is not a hoax, Marina Lacerda, another of the survivors, said.—
Emily Goodin,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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Julie and Todd were found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax fraud in June 2022, while Julie was also found guilty of wire fraud.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The election is complicated by the fact that Brown faces felony fraud charges.—
Josh Bergeron,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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The exceptions are Art Malik, who makes Claudius’ duplicity believable, and Sheeba Chadha, who is wrenching when Gertrude becomes remorseful.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Aug. 2025
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Such duplicity has been a constant feature of the second Trump administration, characterized by the abusive treatment of undocumented immigrants and the militarization of municipal law enforcement in our nation’s major cities.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Those concerns were laid bare in the discovery process for the defamation case that Dominion Voting Systems took against Fox over false suggestions of fraud and other chicanery aired by guests on the network.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
19 July 2025
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Despite the chicanery, this is a solid deal for a phone that isn’t wildly different from the Pixel 9.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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And if other members of the management team are doing an end run around the CEO to get to the board, that could set off a leadership crisis.—
Harry Kraemer,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The judge panel’s vote rejecting Habba comes days after the Trump administration did an end run around a similar appointment in New York’s Northern District with then-interim U.S. Attorney John Sarcone.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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