ruses

Example Sentences

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Skipton’s devious ruses and desperate escapades prove diverting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The specific issue with the windbreakers was that ICE agents were engaging in various ruses to get people to open the door.

From Slate • Jul. 3, 2025

He’d devised elaborate ruses to gather evidence of militias’ ties to high-ranking law enforcement officials.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

In his final mission, Mr. Bluestein said, the ruses devised by the roughly 360 soldiers of his battalion forced German commanders to spread their defenses thin in eastern France.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024

Others, clinging still to that brief glimpse of post-Civil War freedom, employed a thousand ruses and stratagems of struggle to win their rights.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright