confidence game
Example Sentences
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"We're building confidence game by game, and these three points are going to be vital for the end of the season, they can decide a title race."
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
People purchase them because they think the value will appreciate “so obviously the confidence game will only work as long as people keep buying.”
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023
It’s a confidence game, and you will lose money.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023
And the cool and collected may simply be good at the confidence game.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2019
"That doesn't make much difference if the miners once get it into their heads that the girls are being used to put over a confidence game on them," Helen argued authoritatively.
From Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds by Francis, Stella M.
