Recent Examples of Synonyms for Trojan horse
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The resort reproduces an ancient Apulian town and farmhouse in a project that some locals have likened to a Mediterranean Potemkin village.Emma Bubola, New York Times, 11 June 2024
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The fake blood, the cars on rails, the Potemkin villages, not to mention the computer graphics, the herds and armies and tempests that exist only in code.Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
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These gestures have been welcomed by Western governments, though many experts discount them as a fig leaf.Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
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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
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In the vast majority of cases, the ethical trifecta will provide a very effective shield for attorneys from both ethical sanctions and civil liability.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Both shield and shell are created in order to protect the tender flesh within, but a shield is the result of a huge amount of human labor, mining and refining and beating of the hot metal, and a shell is a natural emanation of the beast that builds it.Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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After she was officially nominated at the Democratic National Convention in 2016, organizers aired a video montage featuring America’s presidents before the screen symbolically shattered and Hilary Clinton appeared.Andrew Zucker, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2024
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The two performers — who once had dreams of meeting each other on screen as their respective superhero characters — ultimately served as support systems for one another.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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Hotel Detective Going into ‘Hotel Detective’ blind is probably for the best.Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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The Best Spray Mops, According To Our Testing Hard Surfaces Hard surfaces like coffee tables, TVs, mirrors, window blinds, and consoles collect dust easily and often get overlooked.Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Trojan horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Trojan%20horse. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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