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Examples of ploy in a Sentence
Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.
asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
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One of Amorim’s ploys in the build-up phase is to switch the positioning of the wing-back and the No 10 to open up a direct passing lane into the forward and put him in an isolated one-versus-one situation.
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Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
This financial ploy is named for the former St. John’s basketball player and future accountant, Ralph Dolgoff.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Would be cool to see trump call them out on their obvious ploy.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Sad to say, each of these phobias have been exploited by corporate and government interests to cut down forests in a cynical ploy to tame wild nature.
—Josh Schlossberg, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2024
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Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
This financial ploy is named for the former St. John’s basketball player and future accountant, Ralph Dolgoff.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Would be cool to see trump call them out on their obvious ploy.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Sad to say, each of these phobias have been exploited by corporate and government interests to cut down forests in a cynical ploy to tame wild nature.
—Josh Schlossberg, The Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Ploy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ploy. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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ploy
noun
: a trick designed to embarrass or upset an opponent
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