ruse

Example Sentences

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I have a theory, however, that the band's notorious dislike of "the old stuff" is an elaborate ruse.

From BBC

Authorities have said the woman got the phone numbers of students who helped her find her way through the school and continued to text some of them days after her ruse was discovered.

From Seattle Times

In an audio message posted on Telegram by his press service, he dismissed Mr. Zelensky’s comments as a ruse.

From New York Times

An early scene of Mitsumi’s childhood friends chasing after her departing train is a ruse, a poke at the conventions of this sort of story in traditional anime and Studio Ghibli-style films.

From New York Times

“We don’t need it. We don’t buy into the ruse that what you really want is to take care of us.”

From New York Times