(15) One must conclude that we know an enormous amount about tricks and ruses (often concocted by brilliant practitioners) but very little about demonstrable impact. (14) A stand off in the Black Sea with Turkey is so much part and parcel of most openings that it can easily be dismissed as a ruse to deceive. (13) One is at a loss whether to call the above ruse a fraud, inducement, immoral force, exploitation or all of these. (12) The booming voice and scare tactics turn out to be a ruse, a way of hiding a small and powerless man, who is no wizard at all.
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(11) It should be obvious why I badly want to believe that this is a bluff or a ruse. (10) Many of the characters feign casual confidence, but the ruse becomes apparent when things start to go wrong. (9) The ruse makes the IRS-themed scam more sophisticated than typical phishing attacks. (8) It sucks you in and condemns you to hours of game play under the ruse of one last go. (7) It is a device at that point in time, a trick and a ruse, and treating the House like a joke. (6) A last-minute offer may be a ruse or a bluff but I'm the guy who ought to make that call. (5) Palestinians claim the move is a ruse to distract the world while Israel tightens its grip on the West Bank. (3) Emma tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house (4) I'm not convinced they saw through my ruse of pretending to photograph someone else.
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(1) Eleanor tried to think of a ruse to get Paul out of the house (2) This is a major reason why Palestinians are criticizing the Israeli move as a ruse.