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Recent Examples of fig leafThese gestures have been welcomed by Western governments, though many experts discount them as a fig leaf.—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024 To put it another way, the technology shouldn’t be employed as a fig leaf for fashion to keep churning out ever-increasing quantities of synthetics.—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 Since the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a rapt global audience has followed in real time a spectacle usually reserved for the most senior levels of government: the fashioning of an exculpatory fig leaf for an atrocity.—Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2018 The former president knocked wind and solar energy, before quickly offering a fig leaf to clean energy companies.—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fig leaf
His wicked point shot is just what Coach Carbs needs for his system of double screens of the goalie.
Shayna Goldman,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Both of the new Samsung notebooks feature the company’s impressive OLED screen technology and are powered by the brand new commercial version of Intel’s Core Ultra chips.
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