smokescreen

Example Sentences

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The smokescreen even featured daily schedules that appeared to leave time for weekend golf games, and announcements of meetings for his senior officials.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

Alexander Gabuev, the director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin who played Putin in the exercise, pointed out that the smokescreen of “humanitarian” intervention was crucial to enable Russian conquest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

In some cases, however, the practice is being "exploited as a smokescreen to cruelly kill foxes and hares", a spokesperson for Defra added.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2024

Some desert conservationists are critical of the efforts, saying the captive rearing program is essentially a smokescreen that distracts from the pressing need to conserve critical habitat.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024

And the other girls gathered their tampons, gummi bears, and beauty samples — a smokescreen of female products — and headed back up to the surface.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray