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Pencilling in perhaps unrealistic future spending plans is a ploy many chancellors have used to make numbers add up.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
Edwards, unsure whether this represented a genuine break between the two men or a ploy by Epstein, told the Journal he alerted his law partner, Stan Pottinger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
I am especially intrigued by China’s repeat of its rare-earth ploy.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026
It’s all been some ploy to get me up on stage to do a couple minutes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
What began as a dramatically delusory ploy to recapture her father’s attention turned into a sad tarantella of girlish desperation.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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