three-card montes

Definition of three-card montesnext
plural of three-card monte

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Noun
  • New Jersey this year passed a law requiring licenses, registration and insurance for the devices following an uptick in e-bike deaths.
    Alissa Gary, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
  • When terror suspects’ names appear in headlines — particularly when fireworks or homemade devices are mentioned — Weimer said the response inside Phantom Fireworks is almost automatic.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Instead, he's been working part-time at the front desk of a local tennis center and stringing rackets on the side, trying somehow to support his family of four on $15 an hour without health insurance.
    ABC News, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, he’s been working part time at the front desk of a local tennis center and stringing rackets on the side, trying somehow to support his family of five on $15 an hour without health insurance.
    R.j. Rico, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • When a whitefish would circle our jigs, a loud crack would scare the skittish fish away.
    Robert Annis, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Nunn provided derby participants with details on favorable trout rigs and bait, including Carolina rigs, PowerBait, mini jigs and spinners.
    Amy Stark Shireman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Three-card montes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-card%20montes. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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