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Recent Examples of smoke screen
Optional features include smoke screens, thermal night-vision and electromagnetic pulse protection.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
The concern is that this might be a kind of smoke screen.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
The concern is that this might be a kind of smoke screen.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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
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Tiki Bob's closed a few days later following a spate of more violence, but its palm tree sign still hangs on the front of the building.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
25 July 2025
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Members of the Goncalves family stood in front of the Ada County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon shortly after Bryan Kohberger, the man who pleaded guilty to the murder of four University of Idaho students, was sentenced to life in prison.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
24 July 2025
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Residents can sign a pledge to participate in the Lights Out Louisville program, which calls for business and homeowners to cut down on artificial light usage at night, while also drawing shades, curtains and blinds after dark to help prevent bird strikes.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
24 July 2025
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Close blinds or curtains during the day to block heat buildup Layer up in sleepwear—wear socks, long sleeves, or silk pajamas that adapt to your body temperature.—
Alyssa Hui-Anderson,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's tariff obsession represents another layer of this elaborate swindle.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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Fero was charged last year with embezzling $400,000 from St. Kate’s, but reached an agreement with the prosecution and pleaded guilty to one count of theft by swindle.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2025
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While much of the pressure for more information is coming from the president's own MAGA base, Trump continues to insist the controversy is a hoax that's been built up way beyond proportion by his political enemies.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
29 July 2025
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Trump has dismissed concerns about his administration's handling of the situation and made claims that the conspiracy theories were a hoax.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
29 July 2025
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Always Active These Cookies and SDKs are required for Service functionality, including security and fraud prevention, and to enable any purchasing capabilities.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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In a digital world full of scams and fraud, earning trust is more important—and more difficult—than ever.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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No, the movies in the novel are real, the suffering is real, the evasions and duplicities are real.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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That yearning involves no duplicity or threats to others.—
Jay Tcath,
Chicago Tribune,
10 June 2025
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One is inclined to ask how much chicanery, deceit, deception and outright lying one must absorb before ending one’s allegiance to that party.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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Despite the chicanery, this is a solid deal for a phone that isn’t wildly different from the Pixel 9.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
7 June 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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The pair knew their startup’s best chance of success meant doing an end run around all that.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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