decoy
Example Sentences
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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
Companies sell decoys, which trail planes or ships, sometimes looking like a missile, and emit signals to confuse adversaries into targeting it instead of its mother ship.
Days before Gómez’s transfer in August, special forces left the prison in a convoy of armored vehicles headed to Mexico City as a decoy, passing through areas where Gómez commanded loyal underlings.
But there is no evidence that AI can help solve the problem of blocking hundreds of fast-flying warheads embedded in a cloud of decoys.
From Salon
Lawrence has shown he can be that threat but also a decoy runner.
From BBC
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