as in ruse
a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end
a temporary suspension of the gas tax was just a crowd-pleasing juggle that was not a long-term solution to the energy problem
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as in to trick
to cause to believe what is untrue
everyone thinks that they are too smart to be juggled by con artists
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Recent Examples of juggle
Mike Valerio, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Same juggle as always: working, hanging with the kids, figuring out after-school activities.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Shelby Stewart, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
Eventually, taking care of her aging parents, who were in hospice in their later days, became too much to juggle.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Re juggles making meals, getting the older twins to school and back, changing diapers on the younger twins and making her own YouTube videos to introduce life in South Korea to the world.
—Mike Valerio, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024
Same juggle as always: working, hanging with the kids, figuring out after-school activities.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
Verb
Phaedra is busy juggling her funeral business, and Quad spends some quality time with her man, King.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 6 Jan. 2025
Eventually, taking care of her aging parents, who were in hospice in their later days, became too much to juggle.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for juggle
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Back-to-school reality:Campus shootings rose dramatically last year Sheriff: Suspect used a 'ruse' to gain entry to the school The shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. local time on Wednesday, according to Honea.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA TODAY,
6 Dec. 2024
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They were given out-of-state weather reports to help play up the ruse in their small talk with customers.—
Joel Jacobs,
ProPublica,
23 Dec. 2024
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What began as an amusing alter ego created to trick a boss has now become a legitimate presence on credit reports, background checks and even tenant records, admitted original poster (OP) Cweev10 on Reddit this week.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Elon Musk can try to trick gamers, to argue with them, to post their DMs against his own Terms of Service.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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In short, its core competency needs to be responding to predictable natural disasters rather than virtue-signaling about climate change that its expensive (but piddling in the global scheme of things) green-energy initiatives are powerless to affect one way or the other.—
The Editors,
National Review,
13 Jan. 2025
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The scheme, initiated by the Bauadvisor dog services company, launched on Sunday in Rome at four major cultural sites, among them the Museum of the Ara Pacis, the MAXXI museum of contemporary art, and Castel Sant’Angelo.—
George Nelson,
ARTnews.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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And unless my eyes deceive me, the shine is turned up to 11 thanks to shimmer in her middle part.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
8 Jan. 2025
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These include data poisoning, where training datasets are manipulated to compromise models, and adversarial attacks, which involve subtle input changes to deceive AI systems.—
Piyush Ranjan,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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The developers have also added new skills related to the dodge roll, such as the ability to leave behind an illusory copy of your character to act as a decoy, which make the new mechanic feel essential to the modernized gameplay the sequel implements.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
6 Dec. 2024
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In some other cases, the artists knew about the project and could use it as a tax dodge of their own.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The attackers disguise themselves as fake Google Ads login pages to fool advertisers, who are then phished for their account credentials.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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However, others have questioned how she was so easily fooled.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Middle schoolers can check their phones in their lockers, but the devices must remain in the locker throughout the day.—
Taylor O’Connor,
Kansas City Star,
15 Jan. 2025
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This industry-leading software makes wireless screen sharing effortless, allowing users to mirror content from their devices with exceptional performance and minimal latency.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Jan. 2025
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Fortunately for Stowe, since going viral he's attracted plenty of attention from new friends who would be more than willing to play fetch with him instead.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
13 Dec. 2024
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Currently, a pound of lionfish meat fetches around $6, Beauford says.—
Katie Hill,
Outdoor Life,
18 Sep. 2024
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“Juggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juggle. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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