单词	smoke screens
释义	smoke screen noun 1 : a screen of smoke to hinder enemy observation of a military force, area, or activity 2 : something designed to obscure, confuse, or mislead Example Sentences His campaign promises were just a smoke screen. The truth was hidden behind a smoke screen of lies. Recent Examples on the Web In American politics, ideology is often a smoke screen for individual ambition. Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker, 28 June 2022 When environmental art exhibitions occur at institutions with funding that undercuts their professed ideals, those exhibitions become a smoke screen for the ethical dissonance of the art world. New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022 If, to older and more knowing fans, the Nickelodeon telecast appeared to be yet another deft or dark-sided publicity grab, its charms are just as much a smoke screen for the realities that seem to be driving people away from football altogether. Jake Nevins, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022 Hit the gas too early and the Bridgestones leave behind a smoke screen. David Beard, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2022 Concern for children in this context is just a smoke screen for right-wing activists with far greater ambitions. Ruth Ben-ghiat, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021 Two of the eight vehicles were built as gadget cars to house the smoke screen, the mine dispenser and the machine guns. Tony Bradley, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021 Though behind his smoke screen policy makers have begun to act, the steps the Fed has taken so far, as should be clear, will hardly be enough if the inflation lasts. Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021 The fog of war was supplanted by the smoke screen of jibber-jabber, with armchair Sun Tzus declaring our withdrawal from Afghanistan everything from a bold decision to a catastrophic, impeachable offense. Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 1915, in the meaning defined at sense 1 smoke screens noun plural of smoke screen as in cunnings Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cunnings juggleries fakeries skulduggeries crookeries fronts duperies blinds chicaneries skullduggeries frauds swindles hoaxes duplicities subterfuges cozenages deceptions crafts legerdemains trickeries end runs gaffs shams devices bluffs jigs feints flimflams stratagems fetches artifices dodges gambits plays wiles juggles sleights ruses schemes shenanigans knacks gimmicks ploys tricks
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