shell game
Example Sentences
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"It's what we call a shell game," said McDonald, who drove one of the vehicles during the Bush administration.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was a shell game so profitable that no one had any interest in naming it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
The 82-page suit on behalf of Leadenhall Capital Partners claimed that the owners were “operating a giant shell game at best, and an outright Ponzi scheme at worst.”
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
“It’s a shell game and there’s no way to enforce this stuff because it’s all an algorithm in a black box — how we’re paid and whether or not we get benefits,” Moore said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
It was a shell game with no actual pea under the rapidly moving cups.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
