smoke screen

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An adviser to Aksyonov, Oleg Kryuchkov, claimed that “a smoke screen was put up by special services.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2023

He even aided the team’s public smoke screen regarding his status, telling reporters he was holding out hope of an October return despite already knowing his season was over.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2022

The film’s modest facade proves a smoke screen for a rich and eventful ride; one plot development in particular hits with such surprise that it catches the audience far more unawares than the characters.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

It has been fitted with a new device to create a smoke screen in combat and has an upgraded front cannon.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2022

Eventually, the KGB came up with a scheme that would serve as a kind of smoke screen for Blake's spying on behalf of Russia.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau