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shell game

noun as in confidence game

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The group has called it a “shell game” and a “taxpayer rip-off.”

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This is a typical shell game that conservatives play.

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This atomic shell game would cover an area about the size of the state of Alabama.

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The complaint also alleges that, for years, Grubhub “hidden the true cost of its delivery services — a tactic that a former executive called a ‘pricing shell game.’”

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But there’s a bit of a shell game going on when it comes to Vance’s poverty credentials.

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