decoy
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Future versions of the decoy strategy could potentially be designed to work more effectively in the body or be easier to administer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
In the attack, an anonymous internet address attempted to target weaknesses in one of Amazon's decoy or "honeypot" systems, the company's security chief CJ Moses said.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
"South Korea and the United States deploy decoy targets to divert torpedoes, but AI could potentially help distinguish real targets from decoys," Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
On the might’ve-gotten-blown-up decoy plane were Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, the White House press pool and others.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Thorns and roots clawed at him from the sides and above his head, tearing at his hair, skin, and the decoy mask still attached to the back of his head.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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By intercepting the toxin, the decoys successfully protected the mice from BFT-induced damage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Some traveling media expressed anger at having unwittingly served as decoys, while others complained about deception and lack of communication from the White House.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
From there, he scrambled two convoys as decoys, then drove to the nearby coast as an Emirati drone kept watch overhead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
Defense Department has placed significantly fewer orders for Alloy Surfaces’ pyrophoric airborne decoys, which the company manufactures in Philadelphia and are used as protection against heat-seeking missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
“I took care of that and left behind some decoys to buy you some time to investigate.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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I sent him on a long scavenger hunt, then decoyed him in for a backhand drop and flicked it crosscourt into open space.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
But then: "The tempter came, like the serpent of Eden, and decoyed them with the majic word of 'freedom.'"
From Time ● Apr. 7, 2011
A Mrs. Bevan who "decoyed" the aide got $25,000 and the Robinsons received $125,000, which the male Robin son paid over to the female, and started divorce proceedings.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Once it lands on the camouflaged rim, the decoyed bug is helpless, the victim of a slippery substance that can neutralize the suction cups on a fly's feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Let these parents reflect, that probably they themselves are the cause of the errors into which their children have been decoyed.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan
Duplicitous collectors have created a thriving ecosystem of stockpiling, hiding, and decoying that makes it well-nigh impossible to find a scooter in need of charging.
From Slate ● May 22, 2018
This is especially true when you're rattling, calling, or decoying big game.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And more recently, at Thanksgiving, after I made a queen-high straight on the turn and raked in all the remaining chips, the wind wound up wrong for decoying geese at our favorite blind.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Instead, he concentrates on controlling the boards, decoying enemy defenders, setting up teammates for open shots.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Her gentle efforts to guide the hand of destiny, by decoying her master with fertile tricks or by reticent considerations these had not bean strong enough to be recognized in the despotism of fife.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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