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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
Noun
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Opening a restaurant in downtown Boise is a tough racket.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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Instead of forgetting his sneakers or a racket at home, Klugo might mistakenly leave without his hearing aid’s batteries.—
Liana Handler
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Myers also engaged in a Ponzi scheme by using new investors' funds to repay earlier investors, prosecutors said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
8 June 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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Still, isn’t the jig up as soon as a conversation moves from an app to an in-person meeting?—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 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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As a result of the collision the dodge became partially engulfed in flames, FHP said.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Jose had to pay everybody off and get the hell out of dodge.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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Edward Bernays might have urged consultation with a shrink like his uncle, Dr. Freud, to help communicate their conflicting stratagems.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
4 June 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
Noun
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Authorities rely on an electronic arsenal of radio frequency scanners, radars, and listening and optical devices and jammers, as well as their own set of drones, to track down drone operators below.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The Big Think website has been optimized to work with all major browsers and devices.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
18 June 2026
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The plea agreement reasserts that Lillig engaged in a years-long scheme, but only includes details of one instance of Lillig defrauding the church of $500.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
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Warren's letter cites Department of Justice cases alleging third-party schemes diverted hundreds of millions in Nvidia chips, including H100s and H200s, to China.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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“Three-card monte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-card%20monte. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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