shell game

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025

If you see anyone playing three-card monte or a shell game, just keep walking.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2023

"Your assets can be moved around in whatever shell game Binance prefers. And in the end, whenever everything crashes you're last in line," Stark told Reuters.

From Reuters • Jun. 6, 2023

An unreliable narrator is an invitation to a shell game.

From New York Times • May 16, 2023

It was a shell game with no actual pea under the rapidly moving cups.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray