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Recent Examples of smoke screen
Whether there is any fire behind this week’s apparent smoke screen of a meeting, or if Francis is even thinking about resigning is unknown to perhaps but a few of his closest allies, and probably not even them.
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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Optional features include smoke screens, thermal night-vision and electromagnetic pulse protection.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
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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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
Optional features include smoke screens, thermal night-vision and electromagnetic pulse protection.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2025
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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On a cross-ice play right at the net front, Alex Lyon slid across and made a clutch save on Matias Maccelli.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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On the injury front, Scoot Henderson (hamstring) remains out while Robert Williams III (knee) won’t play on Friday.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Step 7: Dust Window Treatments Clean the windows and window treatments by dusting or washing blinds or curtains, according to their care instructions.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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And there are a lot of options, from wood blinds to zebra shades to cafe shutters and beyond.—
Liz Ohanesian,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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But cybersecurity experts believe many are coming from the same criminal organizations in Southeast Asia that have been linked to other high-profile swindles in recent years, like romance scams on dating apps.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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Frauds, swindles, cons, scams, and deceptions — collectively known as hoaxes.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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Trump has called recent attention to the case a hoax.—
Julie K Brown,
Miami Herald,
18 Oct. 2025
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Roundly condemned as an archaeological hoax by scholars, Inghirami undertook to publish a 1,000-page defense of his forgery.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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This 2023 docuseries centers on the Murdaughs, South Carolina's illustrious legal dynasty, whose members were tied to multiple homicides, financial fraud and other alleged crimes.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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According to the State Department, altered passports are among the most common types of passport fraud.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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This scene follows from episode six, when Tom comes to Grasso’s house after discovering his duplicity.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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To Serbian audiences, Vučiċ accuses the EU of duplicity and anti-Serbian prejudice.—
Hanna Begić,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Another recurring feature of the biggest asset booms is outright chicanery, such as fraudulent accounting, the marketing of worthless securities, and plain old stealing.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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When Hamilton refused him legal help, Reynolds told all who would listen that the Treasury secretary had masterminded his financial chicanery.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Without the end run, a bid to be elected to a third term would directly contravene the Twenty-second Amendment.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
29 Oct. 2025
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And if other members of the management team are doing an end run around the CEO to get to the board, that could set off a leadership crisis.—
Harry Kraemer,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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