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Recent Examples of three-card monte
These characters are fluent in three-card monte rap, no cards required.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Smith, according to law enforcement, was basically playing three-card monte with wire transfers and bogus bank statements to help cover his high times and high-risk investments.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2024
Booth, a street hustler, wants Lincoln to teach him three-card monte, a game Lincoln mastered before giving it up for a respectable, if demoralizing, job.
—Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Or can one side be played as a sucker during a game of three-card monte on the sidewalk outside the dingy bus terminal?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
Smith, according to law enforcement, was basically playing three-card monte with wire transfers and bogus bank statements to help cover his high times and high-risk investments.
—Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2024
Booth, a street hustler, wants Lincoln to teach him three-card monte, a game Lincoln mastered before giving it up for a respectable, if demoralizing, job.
—Imani Perry Janina Edwards Krish Seenivasan Devin Murphy, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Or can one side be played as a sucker during a game of three-card monte on the sidewalk outside the dingy bus terminal?
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for three-card monte
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Their reactions become too quick or too slow; their limbs become heavy, the racket weighing in their hands.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Pol learns the ropes alongside fellow stripper Noel (Daniel Fernando) and savvy prostitute Bambi (Jaclyn Jose), discovering an underbelly of protection rackets, human trafficking and rampant political corruption.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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Parenting was the ultimate pyramid scheme.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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Consumers were then recruited to join a pyramid scheme that sold credit repair services to others, costing them millions.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Related Stories Horwitz is serving a 20-year sentence over what federal prosecutors described as a $650 million Ponzi scheme.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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Redding fraudster Matthew Piercey was sentenced Thursday to 30 years in federal prison for a $35 million Ponzi scheme that ran from 2016 to 2020.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2026
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Use marabou jigs, jigs tipped with one- to two-inch minnows and spoons for combing these deeper areas.—
John Phillips,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
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The Emirates turned into a stage for unfettered jigs, pogos, salsas — whatever your dancing capabilities, anything went down a treat — as a club turned up the music and danced as one.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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That last-minute dodge caused George to tweak something, and the 21-year-old prospect had to leave the game.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2026
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Lego’s classic button-mashing combat is spiced up with dodge and parry prompts to evade gunfire and counter incoming attacks.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Photograph by Glen Wilson / Lionsgate Fuqua’s low-key approach is both a natural expression of his personality and a shrewd stratagem to reassure people around him that everything is under control.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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There are some other fun stats in there, including a ranking of the game's most popular stratagems.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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The device was one of two that had been removed from the garage of an apartment in Santa Monica after they were discovered by a tenant in July.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Investigators said the device had the potential to damage an aircraft and cause a loss of cabin pressure.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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Rozier was arrested in October along with former NBA player Damon Jones, who pleaded guilty last month for his role in schemes to defraud major sportsbooks including DraftKings and FanDuel.—
Rebecca Boone,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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The storage scheme is no slouch, either.—
John Burek,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026
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“Three-card monte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-card%20monte. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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