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    subterfuge


    1. There was no subterfuge with him


    2. The great bank’s chairman was ready to fire the maid for causing so much confusion and embarrassment, but his wife had extensive experience in the realm of hotels and subterfuge, and she persuaded him to go to work and that she would sort things out with the domestic staff


    3. extensive experience in the realm of hotels and subterfuge, and she


    4. No doubt exists that had not the Ansahs arrived with reports of the strength of the advancing English, which they greatly exaggerated, the Ashantis would have offered a spirited resistance at the entrance to Kumassi, when they found that no amount of subterfuge and false promise would keep back the invader


    5. "Forgive me for being so stupid Skelda, but why can't I just find out from the Teller what he so obviously wants to tell us and save all this subterfuge?"


    6. Through a lack of subterfuge in the thuggish actions, they found out about occult


    7. What he lacked in subterfuge and


    8. It is an attempt to destroy existing law which set up barriers for harmful behavior, and again they use subterfuge


    9. They carefully, with subterfuge, select the judge


    10. Perhaps if I should reach the safety of America, I can let certain people know of the existence and location of the box; until then, I feel I must engage in this subterfuge

    11. It is those who would expose the subterfuge of this system of perverted judgment who are forbidden to be judgmental against the horror of that system


    12. subterfuge and revenge (even if it means that I get to use the phrase


    13. ” One has only to observe, and I believe it is by conscious design and political gamble, that by subterfuge, innuendos, criticisms, and obstructions, the Democratic Party continually attempts to influence the great voting American public to secure * Walter Reuther died in an airplane crash in 1970


    14. They have been trained in subterfuge


    15. Alas, it was not enough to thwart the magical subterfuge of Themistokles and his Guild of Assassins


    16. Zolgnath and the Drystyx Monks enchanted a spell of subterfuge


    17. “Your kin are adept users of subterfuge


    18. Gone was the youthful glow he always had replaced by the deep lines of worry that this life of subterfuge had given him


    19. Therefore, although large areas of useless land will be cleared to create, what appears to be the second phase of eco-city construction, this will just be a subterfuge, as the second round of construction will not be completed


    20. A year had almost passed, following the global announcement, before the subterfuge began to unravel

    21. ‘If that’s true, Musab must be in some sort of subterfuge with the US


    22. Feeling now pleased with his subterfuge Josef replied “Yes I can


    23. The subterfuge had worked and the word soon spread from village to village and dwelling-to-dwelling, this was evident by the absence of travellers on the roads


    24. in a matter-of-fact manner, as if the subterfuge was totally expected


    25. � As a woman, that subterfuge was a non-starter for her, but she had the advantage of speaking German fluently


    26. esteem that she needed to resort to deception and subterfuge?


    27. believed, were learned men, strong, and wise in the ways of subterfuge, organization, and


    28. Not fully convinced by the feeble explanation that obviously was offered to perhaps stifle his curiosity, Wickland shook his head to indicate that he was not convinced or deceived by that subterfuge


    29. With Janet, however, it seemed that she was just beginning to understand the full ramifications of this subterfuge and had yet to be driven to the edge


    30. Intrigued by the prospect that Spalding seemed to have been in two places at once, Wickland contemplated the possible scenarios that could explain the subterfuge and globe-trotting of such a seemingly simple yet very complex man

    31. “Suppose he agrees to this little subterfuge,” Del argued, “and he isn’t able to pull off the bluff? What happens then?”


    32. Del nodded sheepishly as though he regretted the subterfuge and stepping on Wickland’s toes in the investigation


    33. “It would be a lot easier to accept if that were the case as opposed to his conscious deception and subterfuge


    34. He could hardly believe the duplicity and subterfuge of which members of his own government were capable


    35. He knew his interests would be better served by swallowing his pride, his desire for justice and to end this repulsive display of American subterfuge, and handing over the case


    36. Was this an implicit acknowledgment that he had been responsible for Doug’s shooting? Or was this more subterfuge in the plot? And why would he need the firearm later?


    37. What if they don’t and find out the subterfuge, sir?’’


    38. All this subterfuge did not sit well with me, but I was confident that even if I had truthfully informed the others, we would still have taken this course of action


    39. screen, because a part of him felt bad for the subterfuge, otherwise he wouldn’t have worried that she might have alerted the Garcia’s to his intentions


    40. “All I know is some retired Admiral with a bee up his bonnet managed to facilitate our maintenance and repairs, and with no little subterfuge, had us rendezvous with the Ambassador, swing by here ahead of schedule, and now would have us expedite their delivery to Vulcan

    41. Even if the subterfuge and silliness of them not wanting to tell her their real names or which one of them preferred lobster was kind of juvenile and crazy


    42. Bonnie was amazed by the depth of his subterfuge


    43. This situation has required us to resort to some subterfuge, I’m afraid


    44. There was no subterfuge with this woman


    45. It took considerable and combined subterfuge and ingenuity, on the part of my cousins and myself, to keep my siblings’ helping hands out of my attic


    46. I am confident mother that would be content to finish her days free of the plotting and subterfuge that attend to matters of court


    47. They did not explain to Khan why the need for subterfuge


    48. She had hated the subterfuge necessary to al ow


    49. well-being are all just the subterfuge of intimacy


    50. Since the Captain was not there she didn't have to attempt subterfuge






























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    Synonyms for "subterfuge"

    blind subterfuge artifice dodge evasion machination manoeuvre device shift

    "subterfuge" definitions

    something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity