decoy
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I’ve always thought the latter has long served as a decoy: No matter how deplorable Homer Simpson might be, Peter Griffin will be worse.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
CS2 acts as a decoy, drawing alpha-synuclein away from ClpP and preventing it from harming the cell's energy systems.
From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026
The tank in question appears to be a plywood decoy used by the Ukrainian forces to deceive the Russians.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025
Several times he was used as a decoy, opening the door for receiver Harrison Carter to show his stuff.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2025
She would have to fight the ghosts massed at crossroads for the buns a few thoughtful citizens leave to decoy her away from village and home so that the ancestral spirits could feast unharassed.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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