shock tactics
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The declaration, leaving Pakistan about 100 overs for the chase, was generous, but immediately vindicated by the success of England's shock tactics.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2022
Garner’s sculpture borrows the ’90s installation shock tactics of artists like Mona Hatoum, Robert Gober and Pepon Osorio, but it also conjures battles over the Covid-19 vaccine, and modern-day inequities in medicine.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
British payments company Wise tried shock tactics in its early days, with anti-bank ads and flash mobs across the City of London.
From Reuters ● Jul. 29, 2021
Maher, 66, a gay man who grew up in Brooklyn and came out as a teen, favors loving outreach over shock tactics.
From Washington Times ● May 8, 2021
It is not for shock tactics that you require to mount men nowadays: the use of a horse is to get into the best fire-position in the shortest possible time.
From On the Heels of De Wet by Lionel James
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