smoke screen

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An adviser to Aksyonov, Oleg Kryuchkov, claimed that “a smoke screen was put up by special services.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2023

Or maybe this all proves to be a smoke screen and the Dodgers ultimately go with Urías in Game 1, after all, electing to treat their apparent ace like one.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2022

It has been fitted with a new device to create a smoke screen in combat and has an upgraded front cannon.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2022

It has deployed a target ship — replete with an array of radar reflectors — to protect the bridge from attack and has run drills to cover the bridge with a smoke screen.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2022

Either Kubat was engaging in wishful thinking or the statement was just a public relations smoke screen to give the match more credibility.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady