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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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After several points Sinner bent over in apparent exhaustion and leaned on his racket for support.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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Her goal as a coach is to create a safe space for all who pick up a racket.—
Marielle Mohs,
CBS News,
14 May 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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Christopher Delgado, the Orlando businessman accused of running a massive Ponzi scheme, has generated headlines for allegedly using his investors’ money to buy a mansion, luxury cars and fancy watches.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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The office of First Liberty Building and Loan, which federal officials allege was a Ponzi scheme, is shown on Thursday, July 10, 2025, in Newnan, Georgia.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 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
Noun
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The arrest form says Womble confessed to shooting at her dodge charger.—
Steve Maugeri,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Pragmata controls like a dream, making every dodge, dip, and dive feel well-earned.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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All rooms feature wheelchair-accessible doors, lowered peepholes, light switches, and closet door handles; a roll-in shower or tub with grab bars; and teletypewriters and telecommunications devices available upon request.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 May 2026
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So far, consumer electronics have borne the brunt of the DRAM shortage, as chipmakers like Nvidia reserve their limited supply for AI chips instead of those used in less powerful devices.—
Katie Tarasov,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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Scott said Williamson never spoke directly with Becerra about the scheme.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Quantum threats target the mathematical structure of encryption schemes like RSA and ECC; vaulted tokenization removes that target by decoupling data from its representation.—
Ed Leavens,
Forbes.com,
15 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 23 May. 2026.
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