Trojan horse
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Meanwhile, Time is helping advertisers get their messages in front of bots, using a sort of Trojan horse approach—creating text-based ads that regular readers never see but that AI crawlers might find.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Müller compares the concept to a "Trojan horse": the incretin component opens the door, and the additional drug acts only after entering the cell.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026
The premise of “Oh, Hi!” is something of a Trojan horse, as its girl-takes-boy-hostage concept creates a platform for conversations and considerations on the difficulties of dating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
The therapy is named Trojan horse therapy after the siege of the city of Troy in Greek mythology, when a giant wooden horse was used to smuggle soldiers into the city.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2025
Once the all-purpose solution, Washington was now the still-potent problem, a kind of Trojan horse planted squarely in the Virginia fortress.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
