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Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
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Republican and independent voters are far too smart for that ploy, and the incumbent may well follow the inevitable Hillary down memory lane to defeat.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024
Heather asks if this was some kind of ploy to follow in the footsteps of Kim Kardashian, going from assistant to star, but Monica denies this …falling right into Heather’s trap.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2024
Most of these migrants were eager to move on from the borderlands, and in addition to Governor Abbott’s political busing ploy, humanitarian groups, in a spirit of assistance, were also putting them on buses to Chicago, Denver, New York, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
The measure had met with resistance from opposition parties in recent months, and led to widespread anger and huge demonstrations in cities around Spain, with opponents denouncing it as a ploy by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to remain in power.
—Rachel Chaundler, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2024
Heather asks if this was some kind of ploy to follow in the footsteps of Kim Kardashian, going from assistant to star, but Monica denies this …falling right into Heather’s trap.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2024
Most of these migrants were eager to move on from the borderlands, and in addition to Governor Abbott’s political busing ploy, humanitarian groups, in a spirit of assistance, were also putting them on buses to Chicago, Denver, New York, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
—Julia Preston, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
The measure had met with resistance from opposition parties in recent months, and led to widespread anger and huge demonstrations in cities around Spain, with opponents denouncing it as a ploy by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to remain in power.
—Rachel Chaundler, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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