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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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And for the first time, the exclamation mark people are influential, energized and presenting a broad front.—
Alan J. Borsuk,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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There, officers were summoned to the front of a nearby home where a man was found just outside.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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The large slats of shutters might be easier to vacuum than those of mini blinds or even cellular shades, so make a plan based on your window blind type and style.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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Shaw also considers the mysterious Voynich manuscript, from the fifteenth century, which has never been decoded and which some contend is a hoax with no decryptable meaning.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Another call that turned out to be a hoax.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And the next pretext might not be crime; it might be supposed voter fraud, a phenomenon that is statistically almost non-existent.—
Elizabeth Goitein,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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But Giuliani accused the company again of contributing to voter fraud not long after on his radio show.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Democrats have stood still for this chicanery every time it’s been tried in the past.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
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The trial was a kangaroo circus packed with sophism, subterfuge, and courtroom chicanery.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 1 Oct. 2025.
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