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Former leaders who backed the theater project reject the charge as a baseless smoke screen for the new regime’s governance problems.
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Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
This allows the tank to engage targets with high first-round hit accuracy, day or night, and even engage moving enemy targets through enemy smoke screens.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
At the rear, the DB5’s twin exhaust pipes have been repurposed as an outlet for the smoke screen.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
Standard equipment includes revolving license plates, a rear smoke screen, battering rams, and replica machine guns—in case of ambush by agents of SPECTRE.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
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Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2023
This allows the tank to engage targets with high first-round hit accuracy, day or night, and even engage moving enemy targets through enemy smoke screens.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023
At the rear, the DB5’s twin exhaust pipes have been repurposed as an outlet for the smoke screen.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
Standard equipment includes revolving license plates, a rear smoke screen, battering rams, and replica machine guns—in case of ambush by agents of SPECTRE.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
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“Smoke screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke%20screen. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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