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Recent Examples of three-card monte
But these dynamics are uncertain in a play that treats identity like a game of three-card monte.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Enter Email Sign Up Related: What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts Entering weekend play, the Panthers, Islanders, and Penguins remained in a spirited game of three-card monte (no relation to the Bruins coach) to sort out the two wild-card spots in the East.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
With this certificate, the shell company – whose sole purpose is to hold and hide assets – becomes one of a series of Russian dolls, each fit snugly into the next, creating a type of three-card monte in which the taxing authorities can never find assets nor owners.
—Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2021
The game is three-card monte.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Enter Email Sign Up Related: What Harry Sinden thinks of these record-setting Bruins, and other thoughts Entering weekend play, the Panthers, Islanders, and Penguins remained in a spirited game of three-card monte (no relation to the Bruins coach) to sort out the two wild-card spots in the East.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
With this certificate, the shell company – whose sole purpose is to hold and hide assets – becomes one of a series of Russian dolls, each fit snugly into the next, creating a type of three-card monte in which the taxing authorities can never find assets nor owners.
—Beverly Moran, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2021
The game is three-card monte.
—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
See All Example Sentences for three-card monte
Recent Examples of Synonyms for three-card monte
Noun
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The latest demands from Washington to its allies read like a protection racket rather than diplomacy between friends.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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In particular, new tariffs in the U.S. are expected to hike its ball, racket and baseball bat prices.—
Brendan Coffey,
Sportico.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Our society is a pyramid scheme, with the young supporting the old.—
Emma Green,
The New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2024
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There’s a whole pyramid scheme of sorts, and there’s all these other parts of the book that didn’t fit into this story.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2024
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With the Ponzi scheme charges resolved, law enforcement turned their attention to the death of Michael Cochran and exhumed the body.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The crime, which federal prosecutors have described in essence as an art-world Ponzi scheme, began in 2018 and involved some 55 artworks.—
Sarah Maslin Nir,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Step 2: Thread your jig heads to the snap swivel at the end of each wire.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
20 Feb. 2025
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Often so happy in morning, will do jig in Break Room.—
George Saunders,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There's a double jump and a small dodge move that can be used in the air, in addition to wall running on select surfaces.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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High water levels can slow player movement during rainstorms in the forest, but it can be easily circumvented by using dodge rolls to traverse around quickly.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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Its biting satire is complimented by engaging mechanics like the stratagems.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
28 Dec. 2024
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The competitors are in a trancelike state, building a stratagem.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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The doctor said that on a Friday night several weeks ago, a patient came in after a heart attack, and a heart assist device was placed on the patient through the groin.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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Sessions run three hours daily, three days weekly, with customizable timing and full device access outside therapy.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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The 22-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury came after a yearslong federal investigation and alleged Madigan participated in an array of bribery and extortion schemes from 2011 to 2019 aimed at using the power of his office for personal gain.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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On Friday, Reardon tossed the case against Mario Juarez, the longtime political operative and twice-failed Oakland City Council candidate who claimed to have been the target of an extortion scheme by Price.—
Jakob Rodgers,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Three-card monte.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-card%20monte. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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