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smoke and mirrors

NOUN
something that blurs or distorts facts
Synonyms
WEAK
artful deception deception flimflam hocus-pocus hokum illusion legerdemain prestidigitation sleight of hand snow job

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But Elaine Wrigley, the owner of Atlas Bar in Manchester, said Reeves' latest Budget was "smoke and mirrors".

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

Gabriel could have come across as a mere cipher in this environment, a faceless spook navigating smoke and mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

"Neuralink is currently just smoke and mirrors, with a lot of hype," Herve Chneiweiss, a neurologist and expert in ethics at France's research organisation INSERM, told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

The pay package is replete with smoke and mirrors, its benchmarks painstakingly tweaked to make them much more achievable than they appear on the surface.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

But maybe being able to say “I love you” was just smoke and mirrors compared to having a living being under your fingers.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer