smoke and mirrors
Example Sentences
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There is a "game of smoke and mirrors that's being played at the moment", he said, adding that many parents "don't know what their bill will be at the end of the month".
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
It’s all smoke and mirrors, sure, but there’s a certain comfort in a life after death where Patrick Swayze can still spin pottery!
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Gabriel could have come across as a mere cipher in this environment, a faceless spook navigating smoke and mirrors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
"Neuralink is currently just smoke and mirrors, with a lot of hype," Herve Chneiweiss, a neurologist and expert in ethics at France's research organisation INSERM, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025
But maybe being able to say “I love you” was just smoke and mirrors compared to having a living being under your fingers.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
