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Recent Examples of smoke screen
The concern is that this might be a kind of smoke screen.
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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
The celebrated institutions of democracy and transparency appeared to them as nothing more than smoke screens.
—Susanna Wing, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2012
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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
The celebrated institutions of democracy and transparency appeared to them as nothing more than smoke screens.
—Susanna Wing, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke screen
Noun
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Trump has repeatedly attacked Harvard on multiple fronts—accusing the school of harboring antisemitism, enrolling too many foreign students, accepting excessive foreign funding and being hostile to conservatives.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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On the Aussie front, beloved indie rockers Cloud Control re-enter the ARIA Albums Chart at No. 19 with their 2010 debut Bliss Release, following their surprise reunion after a seven-year hiatus.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
6 June 2025
Noun
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Both overhead fluorescent lighting and natural light can aggravate a migraine episode, so turn off all lights and close any curtains or blinds to block outdoor light.4 Keep the space quiet: Loud and repetitive noises often make migraine episodes worse.—
Sarah Bradley,
Health,
10 June 2025
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The sheriff's office is also asking people who live or own cabins in remote areas of Chelan, Kittitas King, Snohomish and Okanagan counties to lock their doors, leave their window blinds open and outdoor lights on.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
10 June 2025
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Five other felony theft by swindle charges were dismissed at sentencing, which was attended by several of the school’s administrators and staff.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
11 June 2025
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Clark also had to consider how the swindle would affect customers.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2024
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Police determined the call was a hoax before officers responded, according to KLAS.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
6 June 2025
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Jones declared bankruptcy after the Sandy Hook families won $1.3 billion in two defamation suits in Connecticut and Texas after Jones spread bogus conspiracy theories that the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., was a hoax.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
6 June 2025
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The slashing of the benefits of medical care, food and other assistance to low-income families in this bill goes so far beyond even the most exaggerated claim of fraud, waste and abuse as to be cynically and sadistically abusive.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 June 2025
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Meanwhile, in the UK, SIM swap fraud surged by over 1,000% in 2024.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
7 June 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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This duplicity and playing different patrons off of each other would be carried on by his political heirs.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
6 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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Given the lawfare that tracks the uncertainty of our moral foundation, Henry Johnson is more pertinent than Oleanna, Mamet’s prophesy of the chicanery in the Me Too movement.—
Armond White,
National Review,
14 May 2025
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Here comes another start-up aiming to empower creators — and do an end run around traditional Hollywood studios.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 May 2025
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Tuesday’s announcement represents an end run around normal policy process for vaccine recommendations in the US, experts told Stat News.—
Cameron Peters,
Vox,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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