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Meanings of clever ruse in English

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Usage of clever ruse in English
1
I contend this is simply a clever ruse to gain time.
The Lost Despatch
2
Or was it a clever ruse of the architect, to discourage unfriendly visitors?
The Fountains of Paradise
3
It's a clever ruse, and a vital one given the stakes of cloud security.
Wired
4
And the clever ruse by which she got those emeralds of the Roumanian princess.
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
5
The portieres were a very clever ruse of Mrs. Balmer.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
6
Messieurs, we are the victims of a very clever ruse.
The House of Whispers
7
Was this to be the sole outcome of Kennedy's clever ruse, I was wondering.
The Exploits of Elaine
8
Of course, this is not so much a clever ruse as a socially accepted fiction.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
9
By his brave stand and clever ruse Oglethorpe had saved not only Georgia but Carolina too.
This Country of Ours
10
Rather a clever ruse, that of the clotheshorse.
Look Back on Happiness
11
She passes off the surprise invitation from Opera Ireland as a clever ruse to put bums on seats.
The Irish Times
12
Soon he too was captured by Alonzo de Ojeda through the clever ruse of sending him a present.
Christopher Columbus
13
It was very clever ruse to pretend to be a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy, which would constrain the conversation.
BBC
14
She has escaped, for the time, by a very clever ruse, by changing her very face in the beauty parlour.
The Ear in the Wall
15
He was either telling the truth, or else he was endeavoring to allay my suspicions by an extremely clever ruse.
The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love
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By a clever ruse he pretended friendship with Erskine of Dun, and endeavoured to use him for his own ends.
The House of Whispers
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