gimmick
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Appeared in the October 8, 2025, print edition as 'CBS Deal Smells Like a Gimmick'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025
Gimmick or genius, “ABBA Voyage” is booking in London until May 2023, with a world tour planned after that.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022
GIF: TP-Link Best Gimmick: TP-Link Archer AXE200 Omni Does it actually matter which way you point the antennas on your router?
From The Verge • Jan. 7, 2022
Gimmick piled upon gimmick, and it was too bad, because it obscured the fact that Mr. Gaultier is still a master at making a sleeveless gold shirtdress and a beige anorak look ineffably chic.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2016
"Nameless bodies in unremembered rooms / Know how a man becomes a beast when the wolfbane blooms," goes the chorus of "Werewolf Gimmick," about a wrestler in search of an in-ring identity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2015
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