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Then again, the ploy worked for only a little while.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

With runners arriving on the blindside of the defenders at the back post, Japan struggled to cope and it was little surprise that Casemiro's equaliser came from this simple but effective ploy.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Others have suggested that Anthropic’s warnings about the dangerous potential of its own tools could also be considered a marketing ploy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

That ploy, initiated in 2022 by former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, was criticized then by now–U.S.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

As I smiled at his ploy, I remembered eighteen-year-old Faben doing exactly the same when Flint was a baby—because Flo didn’t want to stop feasting on termites and Faben was impatient to be gone.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

These ploys can be convincing because they involve a lot of genuine information and avoid many of the red flags we’re used to looking for, writes Callum Borchers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

All were ploys with more moving parts and increased risk of going wrong.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

Their poverty, the fruit of Salieri’s malicious ploys, tests the limits of their endurance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

That stunt is also one of TV’s grandest examples of why such ploys can backfire.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

In his glory days, Carpenter elevated the ploys and chicanery of his trade to a devilish art.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead