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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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Through six weeks, Philadelphia’s front can’t produce a push and Saquon Barkley looks less than explosive.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
17 Oct. 2025
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On the athletic performance front, an Adidas Samba OG has remained at $100.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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By the mid 20th century, the humble blind was yet another subject ripe for innovation as manufacturing techniques evolved.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
17 Sep. 2025
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Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions — collectively known as hoaxes.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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Originally from Oklahoma, Findley had moved to southwest Missouri not long before the Graceland swindle began, and was using aliases that included the name Naussany to harass and threaten local business owners.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
23 Sep. 2025
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Roundly condemned as an archaeological hoax by scholars, Inghirami undertook to publish a 1,000-page defense of his forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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No one who was ever in the house, who investigated it, ever called it a hoax.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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As investigators dig deeper, more disturbing secrets emerge, including financial fraud, addiction, mysterious deaths and corruption.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Western Alliance also is alleging fraud in its bad loans.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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To Serbian audiences, Vučiċ accuses the EU of duplicity and anti-Serbian prejudice.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Stevenson’s pirates are a frighteningly murderous and totally untrustworthy bunch, thriving on threats and duplicity.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Another recurring feature of the biggest asset booms is outright chicanery, such as fraudulent accounting, the marketing of worthless securities, and plain old stealing.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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When Hamilton refused him legal help, Reynolds told all who would listen that the Treasury secretary had masterminded his financial chicanery.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2025.
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