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Meanings of subterfuge in inglês

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subterfugi

Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity.

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Examples for "blind"
Examples for "blind"
1
The Health Ministry said it may add functions to help the blind.
Radio NZ
2
Gender-blind regulations Will the US ever pass a new chemical safety law?
The Guardian
3
Looking so far into the future, she'd been blind to the present.
Midnight hero
4
Researchers hope to develop it so blind patients can achieve independent mobility.
Reuters
5
We closed every blind in the house to solve that potential problem.
Exit strategy
Usage of subterfuge in inglês
1
As they have four children a certain amount of subterfuge is required.
The Irish Times
2
And the unsuspecting male in him responded, innocent of the simple subterfuge.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07
3
Witherow defended the use of blagging and subterfuge in the public interest.
The Guardian
4
I would think subterfuge would work better here than trying a siege.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
5
It was a long, convoluted investigation, requiring subterfuge on both their parts.
Map of bones
6
His amazingly clever subterfuge in allowing Barnes to think that room No.
Green Fancy
7
This was why he boarded Phips in Cheapside without subterfuge or disguise.
The Trail of the Sword, Volume 3
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The impression of subterfuge and caution he conveyed left his observer unsatisfied.
Four Weird Tales
9
In fact, he no longer believed subterfuge to be of any avail.
Fire-Tongue
10
But on the threshold he gave me back my sorry little subterfuge.
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
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The whole thing was a subterfuge, and was meant to bother me.
The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite
12
Spelling is the corner-stone, the grand, underlying subterfuge, of a good eddication.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana
13
And yet this quaint subterfuge should not be carried quite so far.
Mince Pie
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Each spoke to the other as to himself, without reservation or subterfuge.
The Crock of Gold
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Really, I know it is only a subterfuge to avoid being scolded.
A People's Man
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There was no hope of deluding or misleading him by diplomatic subterfuge.
Devereux — Volume 05
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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