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This loan-blocking exercise may be a shakedown ploy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
The NBA's ploy to inject intensity into this weekend's All-Star Game with a new US-versus-the-world format has divided basketball's biggest superstars before a single slam dunk has been scored.
From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026
I am especially intrigued by China’s repeat of its rare-earth ploy.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026
They saw the heavy charges levelled against him as a typical ploy to get people to sign up.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
Others held that his accusations were a ploy to promote his new Fischer Random chess.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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