sophistry

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Roberts uses sophistry to avoid answering those bigger questions.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025

And if Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta try to point it out before Manchester City faces Arsenal on Sunday, it will be viewed as gamesmanship, or deflection, or unapologetic sophistry.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024

"Legal sophistry" will not compel India to participate in the proceedings of the PCA, Bagchi said.

From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023

This kind of sophistry is exactly what led to the inexorable collapse of the NCAA’s authority.

From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022

It sounded to her like sophistry, or an explanation for its own sake.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan