smoke screen
Example Sentences
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The short-form content, engineered for a vertical phone screen, has drawn comparisons to a new addictive form of soap opera.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
How do you protect your phone screen from prying eyes?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
"It's certainly a rare step -- we know that," said the 56-year-old Kouki, whose own phone screen has multiple cracks.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Seconds before the BBC News at Ten went on air, I arrived breathless at the live television point outside the courthouse, smashing my phone screen on the pavement in my hurry.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025
I ask, holding the phone screen toward them.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
