three-card monte
Example Sentences
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His three-card monte skills are storied in the neighborhood, but he’s determined to proceed down the straight and narrow.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet racing, at times, plays its fatality numbers as if it were a game of three-card monte.
From Los Angeles Times
But these dynamics are uncertain in a play that treats identity like a game of three-card monte.
From Los Angeles Times
Just as any three-card monte con artist depends on a crowd salted with shills, political grifters use the diversionary tactics of red/blue divisions — our guy may be bad, but your guy is worse.
From Los Angeles Times
Zooming out a little, the entire right-wing media infrastructure is a game of three-card monte.
From Salon
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