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"ploy" Definitions
  1. words or actions that are carefully planned to get an advantage over somebody else

961 Sentences With "ploy"

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So far, the ploy, if indeed there was such a ploy, seems to have failed.
" The other devious ploy is something called "dual tracking.
I'm so sick of nostalgia as a ploy for profit.
The labels ahead aren't using "unisex" as a marketing ploy.
Analysts said the plan was more than a political ploy.
Real 5G service is more than a marketing ploy, though.
The ploy didn't work, but the pack was created nonetheless.
He called her apparent suicide attempt a ploy for attention.
It's not a ploy as much as it's a tic.
To the West, this would seem like a negotiation ploy.
The ploy worked: teens found " SKAM " by word of mouth.
Yes, this is gratuitous automotive theater and a marketing ploy.
For a while I assumed his tears were a ploy.
Immigration advocates denounced Mr. Trump's announcement as a political ploy.
Critics dismissed the pledge as a cynical ploy for votes.
Evans had good reason to believe his ploy might work.
Lyons suggested that the media blitz was a political ploy.
Now, could this all be a ploy to sell books?
"We're not doing this as a recruiting ploy," he said.
Is that a traditional sort of negotiating ploy for you?
This is all actually a ploy to get to Rihanna.
Clinton's campaign, meanwhile, has characterized Trump's strategy as a desperate ploy.
Barr's speech was not a political ploy to defend the president.
The continued 'broken heart' ploy for sympathy, and you said nothing!
The ploy worked—but he got nowhere near meeting the target.
We probably all remember the wedding that ended that particular ploy.
My ploy didn't work, though; she never did get into metal.
"This was not a plot or ploy against NeNe," Burruss said .
Pablo's plan to use David as a media ploy doesn't work.
The yoking of opposites is a dependable ploy in situation comedies.
Bolton, though, has insisted Trump's announcement is not a negotiating ploy.
Some may see this as a marketing ploy for the app.
Despite this ploy, the party lost 15 of its 40 seats.
Indeed, it is a failed ploy used both then and now.
If there is such ploy, it doesn't seem to be working.
Manning and Assange discussed their ploy in real time, prosecutors said.
Meadow being kidnapped and dumped in a grave was all a ploy.
Ploy Achakulwisut is a PhD candidate in Atmospheric Science at Harvard University.
But if this was all an elaborate ploy, we'll know soon enough.
Rather than promote brand loyalty, the ploy can actually make customers stray.
And still others used the ploy as an opportunity to roast Tostitos.
Nevertheless, Webster sees the approach as more than just a marketing ploy.
However, some analysts suggested Trump's move may also be a negotiating ploy.
"It's not just a token gesture or marketing ploy," Ms. Clark said.
It seems like an obvious ploy for nostalgia, but the nostalgia works.
Another is the fear that calls to integrate them are a ploy.
Perhaps this is all some ploy to throw hackers off the trail?
In some cases, the tweets seemed to be a ploy for attention.
So it was never a ploy to use her to get attention.
It's more self indulgent than it is a ploy for gender equality.
He says that because that is Gillette's branding ploy for these Olympics.
Teddy White rolled his eyes at Nixon's 50-state ploy in 1960.
Then Pelosi undercut the ploy, announcing the House wouldn't even consider it.
I realize now that this is a ploy to keep me engaged.
The ploy generated headlines but ultimately failed; the nomination went to Ford.
Ali took Patterson's public persona and turned it into a marketing ploy.
Kearney: Gluten-free for weight loss can be a huge marketing ploy.
It's a common ploy to make you pay 30 cents for nothing.
It's just a game, just a ploy, a strategy for winning votes.
His affection for Big Macs was not a real-American campaign ploy.
Sex was not a power ploy for him, it was a ritual.
Scapegoating the ACA has become a convenient ploy for the insurance industry.
There is a risk, however, that this very modest ploy will backfire.
The people can see through the government's ploy, and they are fuming.
Booker's allies insist that the warning isn't just a clever fundraising ploy.
The threat of war could be a bluff, or an election ploy.
In the end, this could actually be a good marketing ploy, too.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied her candidacy is a Kremlin ploy.
Perhaps it's just another ploy to get us to think differently about technology?
He deemed that a ploy to force him back into Turkey – and jail.
It was assured it was "real footage" but suitably, the ploy didn't impress.
His ploy would work only if the constitutional court agrees with this logic.
Is this a ploy to keep up to some heteronormative standard of Hollywood?
By some force of circumstance, dwindling prospects, and heat stroke, this ploy works.
It was proved at his trial that Professor Ploy had fabricated the book.
This time the ploy collapsed, much like America's image since he took office.
But the marketing ploy quickly turned out to be much more than that.
While it's a nakedly obvious ploy by Duda, it's also a smart move.
Is this song a ploy to put customers off from calling customer service?
A tricky math equation turned out to be an intricate ploy for nudes.
Beyonce's working with sour accessories in Hawaii ... call it a sweet marketing ploy.
The smearing of both men, like the smearing of Comey, is a ploy.
Her appointment was something the Vatican of old would do — a cynical ploy.
Despite the backlash to Bolton, there is every indication that ploy will work.
Lopez says that's a political ploy to make their reductionist views more attractive.
"You never know if its a ploy to get some leverage," he said.
This latest cruel ploy by Trump shows the essential character of the man.
The main opposition Democratic Party called her move a ploy to escape impeachment.
Heedless to reality, however, deal supporters are now reduced to a maladroit ploy.
But this healing, freeing experience feels an awful lot like a marketing ploy.
For the first few years, I saw it as a transparent marketing ploy.
The idea that diamonds are more romantic than emeralds is preposterous, a marketing ploy.
No matter how you stand on this Trump immigration ploy, it's an economic gambit.
I hope this is not a negotiation ploy, because it&aposs rather ham-fisted.
Or else it was a tactical ploy to distract attention from Ms Blasey's claims.
For Citi Bank, this partnership is just an easy ploy to acquire some customers.
"This could be a straight-up Machiavellian ploy for a presidential pardon," Levin said.
The contest had just been a ploy for attention — and plenty of bargaining power.
Officials in Kiev and the West dismissed the Russian offer as a cynical ploy.
If this was a ploy to deflect embarrassment over Mr Joyce, it fell flat.
What it does have are a few narrative similarities and one giant marketing ploy.
It's a risky ploy, given how intransigent the hardline conservatives have been on immigration.
Normally, it might sound like mental gymnastics, the old we're-the-underdog motivational ploy.
"It's a marketing ploy by Starpharma," says Jeffrey Klausner, public health expert at UCLA.
It is likely a ploy by the militants for ransom money, according to analysts.
Or maybe this is all just a marketing ploy to play on our  nostalgia?
His supporters see the conviction as a ploy to stop him returning to power.
Finally, there's the possibility that this is a ploy to create another revenue stream.
The device can also block any call lacking Caller ID—a frequent telemarketing ploy.
It is a pernicious ploy to abandon people and unravel the social safety net.
She knew the whole thing was a marketing ploy for Oscar Mayer and Airbnb.
But that ploy, a classic bureaucratic trick, could backfire — it could become Nunes III.
But Republicans have lashed out at the company, calling the move a marketing ploy.
The majority of House Republicans rejected the resolution as a "partisan ploy" by Democrats.
Trump needs to not be sucked in by this sort of cheap media ploy.
It's a cheap political ploy, and many news networks have recognized it as such.
The FBI responded by slamming Apple's lack of cooperation as a cheap marketing ploy.
Was this a ploy by the company to prove how much California needs it?
He later admitted this was simply a ploy to "gain traction" on that channel.
Trump disputed Bolton's account early Monday, saying it was a ploy to sell books.
Moore has denied the allegations, calling them a political ploy to sabotage his campaign.
So the Trump suggestion may be an illusion; a political ploy to gain attention.
You might think that this would be impossible, given the obviousness of the ploy.
"As a ploy, I don't think an attorney would want that," Bederow told VICE.
Some political observers believe Blankenship's campaign is nothing more than a ploy for attention.
Dear America: Don't fall for the optics of peace, for Pyongyang's predictable, poisonous ploy.
By lunchtime, the ploy was effectively over, the fate of the Dreamers deferred — again.
Garrone's second ploy is to insure that no one is surprised by these surprises.
For him, obscurantism was not a branding ploy—it was an attempt at togetherness.
Turns out it was just a ploy to get people to register to vote.
Opposition parties, rejecting her offer as a ploy, have vowed to proceed with impeachment.
The ploy could add pressure on McConnell from Trump, who wants a speedy trial.
Mr. Wheeler's cynical ploy to upend the mercury regulations is emblematic of his agenda.
"A cynical ploy," said Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, one of the co-sponsors.
Apparently the ploy brought in customers but didn't produce the hit he'd hoped for.
"This election process is nothing more than a ploy," the Taliban said in a statement.
So it ought to take a brazen ploy to earn a spot on this list.
The DPG called the supposed investigation "a reckless and unethical ploy" before the imminent election.
Mr Trump's subsequent attacks on Ms Blasey Ford's account, though cruder, continued this tactical ploy.
There is hope: a similar ploy flopped last year in the neighbouring state of Bihar.
They, as well as the curious public, were convinced it was a ploy for attention.
An alternative ploy would be to make relatively footling changes to Obamacare and declare victory.
Mr. da Silva has called his prosecution a ploy to keep him off the ballot.
Pyongyang's recent offers of military talks with the South are simply a ploy, says Han.
And also probably a ploy to shift the news cycle's focus in a different direction.
Assange's prosecution, they argue, is a ploy to give government more power over independent media.
Is this a ploy to create a "need" for legislation where there was none before?
I also suspect that she voted for Lyrsa as a ploy to get Natalie's jacket.
Is any of this oatmeal romance for real, or is it a ploy for publicity?
AT&T is engaging in a marketing ploy—one it has used in the past.
Offering a standalone subscription could be a good ploy to cross-sell its other services.
It's such a trite ploy, and at this point it has become fodder for parody.
"The bizarre marketing ploy by the City Theater of Konstanz is not acceptable," they wrote.
We cannot afford to fall for a distraction ploy when the stakes are so high.
Most major opposition parties refuse to participate, calling it a ploy to extend Kabila's rule.
It also manages the currently popular ploy of being at once critical and self-aggrandizing.
The ploy fails, and Paul, now consigned to stocking shelves at a supermarket, ponders revenge.
Mr. Trump's "reckless campaign promises," he wrote, were just "a ploy to win the election."
Melania Trump taking on cyberbullying is actually a secret ploy to teach kids about irony.
Rubio's is not a new rhetorical ploy, of course, nor is it unique to him.
Bolton called the incremental approach North Korea has sought a "ploy" to obtain sanctions relief.
But Nelson supporters say Scott's image of being environmentally sensitive is just a campaign ploy.
Without the follow-through, saying sorry isn't an apology, it's a hollow ploy for forgiveness.
No. Turns out the Tweet was a media ploy to keep my nosy ass engaged.
As part of its ploy for relevance, SeaWorld is digging back into its boozier roots.
President Putin: On the contrary, this was an extremely clever ploy, which impressed us greatly.
Political analysts said it was an effective campaign ploy whether the weapons existed or not.
I usually don't want to, because it always comes across as a ploy for clicks.
That included McCain — until Thursday night, after the most audacious ploy yet from Senate leadership.
In China, many see the American moves as a ploy to stop a rising competitor.
Does she really just want to do some good or is this another laundering ploy?
Conservatives more often see them as a ploy to keep a conservative off the bench.
And while everyone has seemingly walked away, I contend this is just a negotiating ploy.
It is a self-serving ploy for Beijing to use the NED as a scapegoat.
The campaign insisted the move was not a fundraising ploy, but it worked either way!
It was a transparent public-relations ploy that did little to quell a growing firestorm.
In fact, Townsend said the surrenders have been part of "a desperate ploy" by ISIS.
The budget office saw her threat as a ploy to force release of the aid.
The ploy would buy them an extra year of parental leave from Co-op shifts.
But the rogue state's latest olive branch may just be another ploy to gain concessions.
WILL THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO COME TO PASS OR IS THIS ALL A BARGAINING PLOY?
The shock value is a cheap ploy, and the play's three voices never quite coalesced.
The White House has fervently fought off and condemned the probes as a partisan ploy.
More than 150 YouTube users on the community page said they fell for the ploy.
It's a cynical ploy designed to jerk around the audience, not an authentic storytelling decision.
He has rejected the accusations as a ploy to let Hun Sen win next year's election.
He needs only to make his opponent more hated, which was his other ploy in 2016.
But journalist Naima Cochrane says that it all feels an awful lot like a marketing ploy.
Many Armenians saw that as a cynical ploy by Sarskyan to extend his hold on power.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called the allegations of a foiled extremist plot a ploy Monday.
" And, she said, "It's one thing to sell steaks using a name as a marketing ploy.
It's a great ploy to create the foundations for an incoming (or perhaps ongoing) culture war.
In short, the White House's precedent claims amount to a political ploy, not a legal one.
Hasina's office did not respond to questions about whether the drugs campaign was a populist ploy.
Is their participation in talks even genuine, or a ploy to wait out an impatient Washington?
Tesla said those reports from former workers were part of a ploy from an "extremist organization."
What's happening: These give backs are, at their core, a marketing ploy designed to generate publicity.
The blackout is a last-ditch negotiating ploy that a programmer can use to seal terms.
This was all an elaborate ploy to get out of the office and enjoy the sun.
Some reckon the baby is all part of a ploy to Make America Great Britain Again.
Building friendships Building friendships is not simply some ploy to produce a soft target for conversion.
Marketing ploy or not, the star of the show was supposed to be Chicharito, not Fabian.
This is an insulting Republican ploy and Garland should be smarter than to fall for it.
The government denies the charges, which they say are a ploy by an opposition party. Oct.
I think that was a really good ploy by [Pearlman] —  keeping every hour booked for years.
Giving state backing to poaching or to fishing in contested waters is a dangerous ploy, however.
Drama ensues, though the police are left questioning whether it was all just a publicity ploy.
In a brilliant marketing ploy, they created a credential — the C.P.M. — and awarded it to themselves.
But Ms. Galicia's father was suspicious; he thought it was a ploy to catch unauthorized immigrants.
That cynical ploy may well be a way for Trump to rally that base to him.
But the most common response has been to argue that this is a giant Democratic ploy.
Trump has repeatedly railed against impeachment, saying it's a partisan ploy to remove him from office.
"On one end, your cousin's death is used as a ploy for political gain," Wade said.
But Trump's promise to defend their Christianity is merely a political ploy to grab their votes.
Unless candidates start showing some atypical grandstanding restraint, the ploy could work well — on two levels.
Why can't this be just another ploy by the rich and powerful to keep us oppressed?
That ploy speaks to the way space influences "four → ONE," Mr. Caines's new two-act ballet.
This foot-dragging has been called unconstitutional, undemocratic, a desperate ploy to hang on to power.
Even if it was a huge marketing ploy, at least it was one that liberated me.
As a marketing ploy, the mask has been overused to within an inch of its life.
Her hiring was largely seen as an expensive ploy to lure conservative viewers to the network.
And Democrats condemned what they called a blatant political ploy to distract voters before Election Day.
It's easy to criticize the Chainsmokers exploitation of nostalgia for commerce as a cheap, cynical ploy.
Appointing a deputy without a director seems a ploy to have the bureau's leader avoid scrutiny.
The president turns to an old ploy to justify a new ban on people seeking refuge.
The ploy failed when safety Garrett Taylor swatted Lewerke's pass away from defensive tackle Raequan Williams.
Some fund-raisers maintained that the pledge amounted to little more than a public-relations ploy.
The ploy offers Ailes an ideal tool with which to starve the embarrassing story of oxygen.
However, Bangladesh's main opposition party says the mass arrests are a ploy to suppress political opponents.
The whole MBS ploy backfired, as both Hariri and Hezbollah emerged stronger after the bizarre episode.
It's just the latest ploy to privatize Medicare and diminish the program for generations to come.
C., said Democrats' demands for an FBI investigation were a ploy to delay a confirmation vote.
But their opponents said it was just a ploy to distract attention from Friday's court bills.
The ploy appears to have worked, and the Indian leader won re-election by a huge margin.
Update: Welp, turns out this appears to have been an elaborate ploy to promo the opening video.
Chinese leaders feel blindsided, seeing it as a cynical ploy to corner them into accepting the announcement.
But critics dismissed the lawsuit as a political ploy that's not likely to prevail in the courts.
Some suspected a dirty-tricks ploy to make Iran look bad and prompt the war everyone feared.
It was already easy to view Baby Groot as a clever marketing ploy designed to sell toys.
Since the announcement, the media has speculated this was a ploy to sell shirts or promote something.
The lack of clarity about the government's thinking on Brexit is billed as a canny negotiating ploy.
Cersei leaves the bargaining table, but it turns out that was a conscious, deliberate ploy all along.
This means that aspect of the Asus ZenFone AR becomes little more than a marketing ploy — Tango!
Chinese leaders felt blindsided, seeing it as a cynical ploy to corner them into accepting the announcement.
At first, Shelby thinks this is a ploy to get the house back — until Matt mentions Priscilla.
Amber says it's an outrageous demand ... and just a ploy to thwart real progress in this case.
As the ploy grows common, the authorities are receiving key assistance from an unexpected partner: Microsoft itself.
She says Cesar and Nat Geo should be held accountable for what she calls a ratings ploy.
Despite his desperation, McCain realized the gesture was purely a ploy meant to demoralize his fellow prisoners.
Or is this yet another marketing ploy to shout out Tesla veiled as an offer of help?
In fact, it seems like a cynical and shameless ploy to take advantage of people's sporting fandom.
They said Rajoy's "wait-and-see" stance was irresponsible and a ploy to ensure his political survival.
The union says this is a BHP ploy to undermine a provision in the new labor code.
The Cowboys insist they're not going to trade Romo, but that sounds like a PR leverage ploy.
The "outbreak" is a cleverly-designed ploy to make us all get a Zika vaccine, I guess?
It it a marketing ploy for the multiple forthcoming mini-albums he said he'll release this summer?
Although if the secret conspiracy involves huge election fraud, it's just a weeny, pathetic Republican political ploy.
It is a ploy to hide the sad truth that Italian politicians have gravely mismanaged their economy.
This is not a last-minute Democratic ploy to derail Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. Sen.
There is no better proof that Democrats are making up their impeachment ploy as they go along.
But opponents say the resettlement plan is a ploy to grab prime central land for plush developments.
Yet stripping Afghan refugees of a secure legal status wasn't the only ploy to coerce them out.
But even though the injury was very real, cynics speculated it was a ploy for sympathy votes.
That may be "a cynical ploy, but it may very well be one that works," he added.
Matt could almost see them wondering if her late, dramatic entry was a ploy for extra sympathy.
Investors and analysts questioned whether Trump's tweet was a negotiating ploy to wring more concessions from China.
It was a smart marketing ploy, but AEBN never put the resources into making it a reality.
With the US president playing the same game, it's an easier ploy for Putin and the others.
A cynic might call it an election-year ploy designed to make an indefensible outcome look moderate.
Thus, making Lemonade a Tidal-streaming exclusive is both an economic ploy and an attempted artistic statement.
Rather, it is a cynical re-election ploy with no regard for cost in American blood. Shame!
Some analysts said that Mr. Lieberman's position was a ploy to gain attention for his small party.
Tourist visa abuse was an extremely common ploy among models in the 22000s, especially from Eastern Europe.
Hence, I viewed climatology-model predictions with suspicion, believing that their apocalyptic claims were a funding ploy.
A similar ploy played out in San Francisco, angering residents and politicians alike, just like in Austin.
"I realize this bill is a political ploy to divide the people of Illinois," Ms. Sanguinetti said.
Our theater critic writes that "Springsteen on Broadway" is much more than just a good marketing ploy.
Critics, like former Denver Broncos player Nate Jackson, have called the Heads Up program a marketing ploy.
Mr. Assad and his allies described the warning as another phony ploy to justify further American intervention.
"Why are we here," Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow -- claiming it is all a corrupt ploy by Democrats.
At the outset of the trial Democrats should insist on a vote to overturn this insidious ploy.
Trump added that the tactic was likely a ploy to get more media attention for Cruz's campaign.
Fred's a little nefarious and suspect and the invitation seems more like a ploy to kill Will.
This voter purge is a barely disguised ploy to rig our democracy and win the 2020 election.
Otherwise, we can discount his climate-change rhetoric as just a cynical ploy to get more cash.
Its effect diluted, it feels rather like an advertising ploy for the ticketed part of the show.
"Ripley's inhuman legal ploy will sink as fast as their death trap duck boat did," he said.
Saru, of course, knows the Great Balance is a fraud and a ploy to keep Kelpiens subjugated.
Mr. Sabbat, who followed her on the carpet, wondered if it could all be a marketing ploy.
We don't know if it was a random act or maybe some type of ploy to distract people.
Donna, do you agree that -- I think the White House is saying this is an emotional, political ploy.
In a tactical ploy, the League withdrew its motion on Tuesday, but Conte said the move was meaningless.
Marx thought that view was at best delusional and at worst a vicious ploy to pacify the workers.
The ploy comes as the U.K. mulls Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed deal to exit the European Union.
But for now, this is just another way for Amazon to use its drones as a marketing ploy.
As it stands, Cheerwine Kreme is a marketing ploy, and seemingly not a very successful one at that.
In short, this ploy for engagement only benefits Instagram and the brands that choose to advertise on Instagram.
It was a clever ploy, and President Trump would do well to follow a similar playbook with Kim.
Celebrity endorsements are an old ploy: French singers, actors and racing drivers used to push Pernod Ricard's liquor.
It seems like a macho ploy to chart at number one, and thus, cement his status as...something.
Some Brexiteers dismiss the border question as a ploy by Ireland and "Remoaners" to wheedle a soft Brexit.
The video's unabashed ploy for far right voters, however, isn't limited to just Blackburn's "baby body parts" line.
What we do know is that Hulu's PR stunt is more successful than Game of Thrones' recent ploy.
Check out the vid ... Benzino calls the Slut Walk nothing but a marketing ploy before unleashing on Amber.
Everything about this story is weird and gross: the hair planting, the mixing, the ploy for free food.
Some even regarded the effort as a misguided marketing ploy rather than a sincere effort to promote understanding.
The Warriors switched defensive ace Draymond Green onto James to start the second quarter, and the ploy worked.
Some see a diplomatic opportunity, others are wary that it's a North Korean ploy to ease recent sanctions.
"It's not just a marketing ploy ... using local ingredients is what the industry is all about," says Reid.
This ploy to get him inside would leave behind a mess of extra food, attracting hordes of ants.
I think it is a typical Democratic—Democrat—ploy to discredit Judge Moore, a sincere, honest, trustworthy individual.
Some Republicans insist that the Democratic response to Ford's allegations will be seen as a partisan ploy, however.
McConnell has always been an institutionalist at heart and he knows a political ploy when he sees one.
The two bespoke spaces are not simply a ploy to keep spirits high at the global alcohol producer.
Critics called it a blatant ploy for the Obama administration to help Clinton ahead of the primary votes.
I think it is a typical Democratic -- Democrat -- ploy to discredit Judge Moore, a sincere, honest, trustworthy individual.
Is Yang sincere, or is he just using his Asian-American identity as a ploy in the election?
This suggests that a ploy to break NATO might have a bigger risk of succeeding than previously thought.
This may be a childish ploy, but it's appallingly successful among adults who have become accustomed to civility.
He acknowledges that it could have been a "social-marketing" ploy to keep big business's critics at bay.
Such claims are a common ploy by brokers to extract more money from anxious relatives, Mr. Seo said.
Even ladies who are confident, like Demi Lovato, it's still seen as a ploy for the male gaze.
In China, many people see the American moves as a naked ploy to stop a rising Chinese competitor.
That ploy worked; ever since, Mr. Musk has leveraged his growing celebrity as if it were a currency.
Dodds said it was a cynical ploy to suggest Brexit would cause the Good Friday agreement to unravel.
I think it is a typical Democratic - Democrat - ploy to discredit Judge Moore, a sincere, honest, trustworthy individual.
It is a political ploy that turns Border Patrol agents and immigrants into pawns for the President's benefit.
If so, the ploy worked as Gordon dropped the ball and threw home too late to catch Pederson.
But Democrats say Republicans attached CHIP as a political ploy and should have extended the program months ago.
That is in addition to the four weeks the House wasted on the poorly conceived ploy by Pelosi.
Her ploy ends up costing her Jamie, who had been the only sane voice left at her table.
The cynical side of me wonders if this arbitrary assembly of objects is some kind of marketing ploy.
A similar ploy got me nowhere with One Direction, their albums so bland I quickly forgot they existed.
At the moment, sure, one can see celebrity feminism and female empowerment as nothing but a marketing ploy.
I want the old beauty ideals smashed and I want that to be more than just a marketing ploy.
But Frances wonders if this is just another ploy for him to make her look like a negligent mom.
Iran earlier denied a plot to blow up the opposition meeting and called the arrests a "false flag ploy".
In retaliation, Trump not only pulled out the intelligence insult, but he also dusted off his favorite ploy: nicknames!
Will the ploy work to quell protests in the territory, or just further rattle the nerves of international firms?
Both suspect that investment from China is a ploy to gain access to advanced technology and undermine domestic security.
It's the jeans-and-a-leather-jacket-as-a-power-up ploy taken to its its most extreme conclusion.
It wasn't just a brilliant marketing ploy for both game and film, it was also a lot of fun.
Ploy Achakulwisut is a Ph.D. candidate in Atmospheric Science in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Harvard University.
It's a cunning business ploy disguised as "new" and "crazy," but sticking two things together doesn't make something innovative.
In a ploy to get you out of the house, your wife signs you up for basic cooking classes.
Because, let's face it: Exaggerating the differences between boys and girls is just a ploy to keep audiences entertained.
We're ready to demand explanations when members of Congress use women's health as a bargaining chip or political ploy.
We're weeks from Disney's anti-spoiler marketing campaign (#Don'tSpoiltheEndgame), a ploy that was as clever as it was cynical.
But if Waymo proves that this was really a ploy to copy its technology, the move could backfire spectacularly.
Some experts see this as a brazen sales ploy on Equifax's part to hook new customers into the service.
His comments were nothing more than a cynical ploy to exploit and play on some people's fear of immigrants.
This was both a potential major step for American foreign policy and a transparent ploy for accolades at home.
Yet the Raj went along with a softer American propaganda ploy, the distribution of pin-ups of Hollywood starlets.
" Lahren says to open the ad, calling Comey's leaks to the media about his meetings with Trump a "ploy.
Like so much about Trump, the counter-puncher theme is a clever marketing ploy used to obscure obvious flaws.
After his confirmation, one accuser admitted that "her actions were part of a ploy to take down" his nomination.
The misconception about the lineup is that it is strictly an offensive ploy to run teams into the ground.
The vice president's walkout -- an obvious ploy to rally his political supporters -- merely exacerbates these racial and partisan tensions.
CNN's Chris Cillizza says the NRA's support is a ploy to stop more gun control measures before they start.
Saagar Enjeti: Elizabeth Warrens M4A plan is a cynical ploy A senior campaign adviser to Democratic presidential hopeful Sen.
Putin has called Stalin "a complex figure" and said attempts to demonize him were a ploy to attack Russia.
Democrats denied wrongdoing and largely saw the announcement as a dirty ploy to sway public opinion and manipulate voters.
Scratching "milk" off popular milk substitutes (or "meat" off meat substitutes) is a desperate ploy to preserve market share.
This political ploy is so transparent and preposterous that I strongly debated whether it was even worth a column.
If a "withdrawal from NAFTA" proposal emerges, it could either be a negotiating ploy or it could be serious.
Bellami, a hair extension company, wrapped an impressive superyacht with an eye-catching golden hull as an advertising ploy.
But most Zimbabweans already view the notes with deep distrust, suspecting a government ploy to reintroduce a local currency.
Some believe it to be a ploy by the supposedly liberal Awami League government to curb freedom of speech.
When Goldman Sachs used emojis to tweet news of its 2015 report about millennials on Twitter, the ploy backfired.
We will soon find out if this was negotiating-ploy smoke, or if he would really start the fire.
The whole thing was a cynical marketing ploy, dreamt up by my management company in a boardroom in Zurich.
"This is a destructive ploy by the Trump administration's lawyers to politicize a routine exchange of information," Hancock said.
This we're-not-saying-we're-just-saying approach is a transparent ploy to stoke the guilt of web surfers.
The ploy worked—this tweet also went viral, getting more than a million viewers, and counting, to click through.
Moore has refused those demands and steadfastly denied the allegations, calling them a political ploy to sabotage his campaign.
" Certainly, Allen allows, "I have used the May-December ploy as a comic and romantic theme a few times.
Energetic prosecutors argue that Carter's claims of cutting were a fiction, a ploy to get attention from her peers.
Increasingly, though, Mr. Trump appears to view tariffs as not just a negotiating ploy, but an end in themselves.
But Mr. al-Bashir's efforts to paint the recent revolt against his rule as a Darfuri ploy quickly backfired.
That made six wins in a row, the 13-8 start all but erased thanks to Martin's unconventional ploy.
The efforts are part of a broader GOP ploy to paint the Justice Department as hopelessly biased against Trump.
This ploy may not have gained him many voters, but we here at MUNCHIES certainly enjoyed his every bite.
The framers' own damning words seem to cinch the case that the Electoral College was a pro-slavery ploy.
It's not just a marketing ploy: Herring, whose nickname is "Semper Fi," is deeply proud of his military roots.
Consequently, Putin is taking no chances on the appearances of his latest ploy to extend his rule over Russia.
This has been viewed as a ploy to grant Elisabeth a Christian lineage, thereby saving her from the Holocaust.
"Will you be announcing the winner or is this a ploy for free advertising," Karen Wrenn posted on Facebook.
One appears with the country's name, a marketing ploy by the owner of one of the proliferating souvenir shops.
"It may be an election ploy [by Netanyahu] to make his right-wing voters and allies happy," Lockman said.
However, at this point LinkedUp is more of a marketing ploy than an actual replacement for any social network.
Abortion rights activists slammed Trump's announcement as a ploy to appeal to a minority of supporters on the issue.
From the outset, the ploy of Pelosi withholding the House impeachment articles was as implausible as it was hypocritical.
"If it was a political ploy, I don't see where it will get him much in Nevada," Herzik said.
So he doesn&apost see Yang&aposs promise of $1,000 a month as a ploy to buy his vote.
It appears to be a cheap ploy to make it impossible to have TV coverage of all the hearings.
We recall that it was once a ploy to avoid school integration and deny minority students a quality education.
Some Republicans grumbled that Pelosi should have come to the table sooner, suggesting the timing was a political ploy.
And the best thing that he can do now is to set aside his political ploy of the wall.
They suggested that Mr. Khan's move was an empty ploy that ignored the real problem between the two countries.
While many saw the proposal to build the Canadian jets in Alabama as a ploy to sway trade regulators.
Lord's critics see his unending support for Trump's scattered ideas as a cynical ploy to stay on air. Maybe.
Indeed, even Bachelorette contestants have used this fun fact as a ploy to get more attention during a cocktail party.
Now, in the latest twist, it appears it was all a ploy for the trio to raise money for themselves.
MJ assumes it's a ploy to place the two women at each others' necks — just as Ronda warned last week.
This is a familiar ploy for Trump, supposedly a master negotiator, to try to pressure networks into more favorable coverage.
Ostashko told the reporter that this was an obvious ploy to pull children over to the dark side of politics.
If the baby is Euron's, then it's a political ploy, and it will only serve to make Cersei less sympathetic.
They say heat-not-burn products are just the latest ploy from Big Tobacco to hook people onto its products.
I don't share the concern that this is Coinbase's ploy to "take over" Bitcoin — that would be very, very difficult.
Mr. da Silva maintains that the prosecution was an underhanded ploy masterminded by rivals to keep him off the ballot.
Yet it wasn't a deliberate ploy to lure answers as much as it was a way to show some humanity.
So even if this whole clown thing didn't start off as a marketing ploy, it's certainly created some fertile ground.
It's an elaborate ploy that's sure to implode; Letty plans on stowing away with her son and homeschooling him herself.
But it is not a serious argument; it is a transparent political ploy to obscure Kaine's cynicism and naked ambition.
Bosses hope that the belligerence on trade is a ploy borrowed from "The Apprentice", and that stable agreements will emerge.
There are some signs that the ploy could work; reports indicate that some liberal superdelegates who endorsed Clinton, like Sens.
Was this a ploy to halt Kishida's momentum, like a coach calling time out before an opponent's field goal attempt?
Other law enforcement officials have said the tech industry fears are exaggerated, or in Apple's case, even a marketing ploy.
Sure, there was criticism here and there of Film Twitter falling so thoroughly for what was, ultimately, a marketing ploy.
If New Shepard is Bezos' ploy to get ­people comfortable with space travel, New Glenn is the company's galactic workhorse.
The olive branch is really nothing more than a marketing ploy in which Arby's purports to be selling vegetarian options.
The ploy seems plainly illegal: Federal law, as amended by the ACA, flatly forbids health insurers from selling such plans.
This was a ploy, and the fact that Von Cramm hosted Herbst after the war attests to their enduring friendship.
Either that or this is just a very elaborate and clever viral marketing ploy from the folks over at Charmin. 
Some people believe that sustainable fashion is more expensive because labels use it as a marketing ploy to charge more.
I don't care whether your video was a marketing ploy, love letter to black people or a combination of both.
That common agency ploy has been repeatedly shot down by the courts, including three unanimous Supreme Court decisions since 85033.
Now, in the latest twist, it all may have been a ploy for the trio to raise money for themselves.
I figured it was some marketing ploy, but being curious, I clicked on it anyway and watched the first video.
It's a clever ploy, a word vague enough to appeal to all comers and too forceful for many to ignore.
I wore out my welcome in other subreddits that weren't as receptive to what was seen as an advertising ploy.
One Wall Street analyst believes Trump's move is just a ploy to get attention off the sputtering China trade negotiations.
If it fully exonerates Trump, a move toward impeachment would likely be cast as a pure political ploy by Democrats.
"It's more of a campaign ploy because he waited til the end of his term to do it," she said.
Like his July countermeasure to support ICE, this new resolution bore all the telltale imprints of an election-year ploy.
I know that some Republicans will claim that adding two states is just a ploy to help the Democratic Party.
Nearly overnight, the "Word-Cross Puzzle" went from a space-filling ploy to the most popular feature of the page.
Historians have concluded that the attack never happened and Johnson's ploy is now seen as the quintessential false flag operation.
Some of her chief competitors have argued that City Girl's female-empowerment message is little more than a marketing ploy.
You'll even see Juul signage placed near kids' eye level in stores — a ploy right out of the tobacco playbook.
The ploy fails miserably as the Nationals club five home runs off eight Cubs pitchers to finish a sweep. Oct.
Even allowing that a certain nastiness is inevitable as Election Day nears, this utterly misleading immigration ploy crosses the line.
Members said they were naked underneath the garments, clearly a ploy to rattle the police should they try to intervene.
Of course, that would require you to believe Cousy's comeback was basketball-related, rather than a ploy to bolster attendance.
While we don't know for sure whether the email solicitation was part of an intelligence ploy, there are some clues.
And when that ploy failed, Trump, who had already suggested that Arpaio was "convicted for doing his job," pardoned him.
Salem revealed that his expulsion from Kurdistan was a ploy—he had returned to Mosul to conduct a clandestine operation.
The RNC's release is a clear ploy to counterbalance her attacks on Trump, a businessman with no foreign policy experience.
President Emmanuel Macron loyalists branded the mountain of amendments a cynical ploy to stall the pension bill's passage through parliament.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are displaying impressive business acumen with their ploy to disentangle themselves from state funding.
New York (CNN Business)The cheapest version of the Model 3 has become part marketing ploy, part afterthought for Tesla.
Yanina Wickmayer, a 2009 U.S. Open semifinalist, said it's a common ploy to use a bathroom break for other purposes.
Even the competitors are happy, because they get an easy marketing ploy: Make fun of Apple for its overpriced crap.
Or was it - as some argue - a cynical ploy to appease the increasingly vocal Euroskeptic element of the Conservative Party?
Some dealers have bet on the possibility that the tariff threat was a negotiating ploy in trade talks with neighbours.
" Principal Global Investors' Seema Shah dubbed Trump's latest comments as a "ploy to regain the upper hand in these negotiations.
That doesn't make it prudent, but it does challenge the portrayal of his decision as some ploy beyond the pale.
"Nobody knew about organic then," Mr. Grinberg said, so to call the restaurant "organic" has never been a marketing ploy.
Pence dismissed the notion that Trump was stepping up immigration actions and rhetoric as a political ploy before the midterms.
In response, the federal government argued last week that the injunction maneuver is a ploy to bypass proper legal proceedings.
They may actually believe hustle culture is the road to happiness rather than a clever ploy to extract more work.
By then they had declared that Gravel was "running to win," if only as a ploy for more serious coverage.
This piece argues that some of Apple's recent privacy innovations are really just a ploy to give Apple more control.
It also seemed like a cheapish ploy to re-create the success of last year's American Crime Story: The People v.
Babis has called the case a political ploy and said the demonstrations amounted to theater before European Parliament elections this month.
But because I am an obsessive fan, if this is indeed just a publicity ploy, I'm willing to forgive both parties.
This drew criticism from several market sources, with some reading it as a ploy to deflect from the deal's poor outcome.
Others say Kim's tough talk is just a ploy to end sanctions and get the US to the negotiating table. 5.
It's worth nothing that Bonser did lessen the blow of his ploy, tweeting that he left the waiter a $20 tip.
It's basically the same ploy that Spotify pulled earlier this month, but now it looks like Barry will have some options.
Babis has called the scandal a political ploy by Sobotka, whose Social Democrats trail ANO in popularity by a wide margin.
As lawmakers listened, the Republican bill, initially cast as a ploy by greedy restaurant owners to lower wages, drew bipartisan support.
The VP ploy Cruz's biggest problem throughout the week was the perception that his campaign was slipping away after Trump's romp.
Assange always denied the rape allegations and said they were a ploy to get him whisked off to the United States.
Observers were too quick to dismiss Kim's move as a charm offensive or a ploy to sow division in allied ranks.
But that means the entire years-long ploy is just a lazy writing shortcut to kickstart the events of the film.
Sprint also tried a similar ploy last year when it offered unlimited data for people to switch to its mobile services.
Some dealers have traded on the possibility that the tariff threat was a negotiating ploy in trade talks with U.S. neighbours.
U.N. officials, as well as the U.S., should be trying hard to make Palestinians understand their ploy is another dead end.
Bryson said he believed Allergan's deal with the tribe was a "ploy" and that he had "serious concerns" about its legitimacy.
Some dealers have traded on the possibility that Trump's tariff threat was a negotiating ploy in trade talks with U.S. neighbours.
Following his death, his body was transported out of England and used in a remarkable ploy to trick the Axis forces.
He's aiming for nonchalance, but it comes off as an obvious ploy to lower the stakes on a high-stakes meeting.
Distracting voters by whipping up anti-refugee feeling may be a deeply cynical ploy by Mr Orban—and might just work.
In a ploy right out of My Fair Lady, King Henry decided to take on Gonsalvus as his little pet project.
Assange's supporters dismiss the sexual assault allegations as a ploy to attack his character and give authorities reason to arrest him.
If the album's temporary exclusivity was just a ploy to boost Tidal's lackluster subscriber numbers, you can consider it a success.
"Until that happens, this move is simply a public relations ploy to save a sinking ship," he said in a statement.
But some Venezuelans - about one in five of whom still support Maduro - saw a ploy by the opposition to fan fear.
In that way, it takes us further down the path of turning every development in the investigation into a partisan ploy.
And just how well the Committee's Democrats – not to mention the Senate Intelligence Committee's more bipartisan membership – respond to this ploy.
The demand for mandated GMO labeling is simply a ploy to pad the pockets of fear-mongers and the organic industry.
The department was equally criticized for appearing to carve out an exemption for Florida in what some called a political ploy.
In 2013, they also premiered teasers for their new album, Random Access Memories, at the festival in a genius marketing ploy.
Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) was part of a White House ploy to distract attention away from Russian meddling in the election.
The deployment was widely seen as a campaign ploy, particularly after Trump stopped raising the issue as frequently after the midterms.
Stretching and contorting obstruction law in a desperate attempt to justify impeachment is a political ploy, not a serious legal argument.
"The Kochs' transparent ploy to deceive Latinos with Libre is shameful," said Eddie Vale, Vice President of American Bridge 21st Century.
Cohen confirmed that Sater came up with the idea of offering Putin the penthouse of the building as a marketing ploy.
So far, however, Senate Republicans have opposed the increase, saying the $15 target is a populist ploy rather than valid policy.
House Democrats are rightfully concerned that this is a ploy to delay the bill on behalf of the Trump White House.
Donald Trump says he's self-financing his campaign, a ploy that also involves leasing his plane and office space to himself.
In the last four years, more than $500 million in secretive election contributions has been netted by those using the ploy.
This ploy is often paired with a corner-post route, inviting the free safety to bite in the wrong direction. 5.
Initiating a trade dispute looked increasingly like a ploy to sideline Bombardier long enough for the Embraer deal to be finalized.
Over the course of babysitting, she begins to role-play, a seemingly innocuous ploy that culminates in a pleasing punch line.
"This desire to stir paranoia and fear on the part of the American public is a political ploy," Mr. O'Rourke said.
It should be crystal clear that this particular ploy is by no means 'saving a fortune' as Eric Trump preposterously claimed.
Usually, they come off as an obvious ploy from a brand that's trying so hard to convince you they're a person.
"It's a crude political ploy," says T. Katherine Hirschfeld, a University of Oklahoma anthropologist who studies health conditions after political collapse.
This latest ploy illustrates the disingenuous nature of complaints from Trump and other Republicans that social media is biased against conservatives.
It was a risky ploy, one that Mr. Nadjari's boss, the longtime Manhattan district attorney Frank Hogan, agreed to with trepidation.
Singing the national anthem at sporting events started in 85033, as a marketing ploy, even before we had a national anthem.
Now I want to come clean by explaining its origin story, and why it's both factually inaccurate and a political ploy.
This is entirely fictional—a characteristic ploy from a writer who believed that understanding suffering was an act of the imagination.
Taiwan's Presidential Office rebuffed the package, saying it is a ploy to divide the Taiwanese, the official Central News Agency reported.
We are the first generation to acknowledge climate change as a fact, not a government ploy to regulate the business industry.
This pocket of the city, right near Times Square, can be a marketing ploy for retailers today more than anything else.
He has repeatedly called the police actions against him a political ploy meant to hurt him in the Czech Republic's Oct.
Johnson's ploy to get around Parliament is perhaps understandable, given that Parliament has been incredibly frustrating throughout the entire Brexit process.
" Here's my related story... On Page One of Tuesday's NYT The headline reads "Trump Escalates Use of Migrants As Election Ploy.
But Russian officials have firmly denied any involvement and are even accusing American politicians of blaming Russia as a campaign ploy.
But the company is nonexistent, and the whole pitch is a ploy to get your personal information — particularly your Social Security number.
Iran&aposs foreign minister called the allegations of a foiled extremist plot a ploy as Rouhani embarked on a visit to Europe.
Inslee may now see connecting anything to Trump as an effective political ploy in the mostly blue state of Washington he represents.
The referendum is largely a popularity ploy by Viktor Orban (pictured, right), Hungary's populist prime minister, and will have no legal effect.
Charles Hampton, 55, said he thought it was nothing more than a public relations ploy by the city to prevent civil unrest.
Google removed apps that offered services like ringtones and storage managers after security researchers uncovered the "WireX" botnet was behind the ploy.
Kesha's court filings are and have always been a transparent business ploy to pressure Luke into a more favorable and lucrative contract.
Game's team filed docs calling it "Mularky!" and preposterous ... claiming it's all a ploy to shake down the rapper for $10 million.
The feds went all out to make the school seem real: a website and Facebook page were all part of the ploy.
While it was a clear marketing ploy, it certainly brought brand awareness to the accessory company across Austin and social media sites.
Designing systems for them that rely on feature phones is "a ploy for people to continue to belong to the have-nots".
But unfortunately, because the internet is rarely a true safe space, some Twitter users saw the hashtags as a ploy for attention.
One attendee said she'd rather have "clean water and real schools" than laptops, and another saw OLPC as an American marketing ploy.
Instead, it is primarily a ploy for getting legislation through the Senate with just 51 votes, rather than the more usual 60.
According to the members, forming the band (then called Chunk) was all just a ploy for Mac McCaughan to woo Laura Ballance.
But the bankruptcy considerations are merely a ploy to intimidate states out of the money they're allegedly owed, according to the lawsuit.
Opposition leaders say the delay is a ploy by Kabila to cling to power and ultimately change the constitution to run again.
Even though the suspect asked for someone by name, George said she thinks it was a ploy to drive around the complex.
"This was a Friday afternoon ploy to keep South Carolina voters from hearing the message about Rubio's disastrous record on border security."
We spoke with Juliette and she thinks Raphael's a "difficult person" and this is merely a ploy to escape paying child support.
His appointment should alleviate fears that Mr Rajan's exit was a ploy by Mr Modi to hobble a fiercely independent central bank.
Critics say the festival itself may have been a marketing ploy started around 2009 to increase sales of dog meat and lychees.
Indeed, the measure is seen by many as merely a ploy by the White House to thwart tougher bipartisan legislation on sanctions.
At worst, it was making light of birth control sabotage, a ploy abusers use to trap a woman in a toxic relationship.
Zuckerberg's invocation of it looks, from this perspective, like a cynical ploy to dress up business decisions in a civil rights costume.
This needs to be said again and again, and every ploy the Republican representatives throw out needs to be named and shamed.
Clinton's early and frequent outreach is a cynical ploy to woo black voters, who have largely swayed the primary in her favor.
And how a cynical ploy to entrap reporters by an organization that uses decidedly controversial techniques to obtain its "scoops" failed spectacularly.
Its most recent ploy: to require refugees to apply for asylum in the first country they come to after leaving their own.
LONDON (Reuters) - Less than a month ahead of general elections in Britain, investors appear to be shelving a typical ploy against risk.
To him, demands that he release his tax returns are just a ploy by his opponents and enemies to undermine his campaign.
Most people in the soccer world would say that the pay-for-play is a US Soccer ploy to furnish their coffers.
In a particularly transparent ploy, Trump even brought a few of those women to St. Louis for his second debate with Clinton.
Their ploy didn't succeed, and the country's highest ranking admiral and others of equal or greater note came out in my defense.
As a favor to Oberth, and as a publicity ploy, Lang helped finance a planned rocket launch to celebrate the movie's premiere.
When he seeks emotional balance, he leans on a female singer to deliver an anodyne chorus, a cheap ploy that rarely works.
He admitted to picking up the men and having them try on the gloves but was adamant it was a marketing ploy.
Wickremesinghe's supporters challenged Sirisena's decision, framing it as a ploy to avoid a decision in Parliament, where Rajapaksa wouldn't have the votes.
Critics argue that Trump's restrictions look like a political ploy, as well as an attempt to punt blame for the virus's spread.
If Medicare-for-all were some kind of neo-Stalinist ploy, then Canada and much of Western Europe would be totalitarian nightmares.
What could this be but another ploy to charge us for something that used to come with the cost of the meal?
Mr. Netanyahu's re-election effort has been clouded by accusations of corruption, and his rivals denounced the plan as a political ploy.
The most probable reason for French dismay is that they see themselves falling prey to the old competitor ploy from the 1990s.
Maybe this is a debater's ploy—a way of insisting that some principles are so clear that even he can see them.
This may sound too good to be true, but rest assured this is not a ploy by some lazy Scrooges in academia.
Some Democrats, including the top House appropriator for NASA, do not support the estimated $30 billion plan, calling it a political ploy.
Moore has refused those demands and steadfastly denied the allegations of sexual misconduct, calling them a political ploy to sabotage his campaign.
The outrageousness of the ploy was matched only by the unlikelihood that it would succeed — until, to virtually everyone's shock, it did.
They are not a sudden burst of altruism, guilty conscience or even a reverse marketing ploy by Philip Morris USA, et. al.
This ploy—Palin in the streets, Reagan in the balance sheets—is a crucial part of Trump's strategy for winning in November.
They told of sameness, of how the "authentic" becomes a packaged marketing ploy rather than the genuine fruit of a distinct culture.
He also believes -- like many other users -- that it's just a ploy by Apple to get folks to buy the newest iPhone.
Rodney Davis did on Wednesday, is nothing more than a political ploy itself — an attempt to use a tragedy to silence opponents.
His character's development felt like a weak ploy to leave Dolores alone to confront Bernard, which seems like a completely missed opportunity.
The ploy in which Kevin uses the movie characters to communicate with the pizza guy has spawned a legacy of its own.
It's a ploy business owners across industries have long used to deflect blame and responsibility from their own laps, where it often belongs.
A Dutch journalist first spotted the sextortion scam in the Netherlands on Thursday, reporting that scammers had already made €40,000 from the ploy.
Hulu's new prices, though apparently not a ploy to raise capital, could lock in customers ahead of key streaming launches from media giants.
The vast fake news complex the season has slowly untangled isn't a Russian or Iranian or Israeli ploy (all ideas the show floated).
Others see vaccines as a "Big Pharma" ploy, or believe that the body will naturally clear infections from measles and other contagious illnesses.
Company officials previously told CNBC that GM isn't trying to create a bargaining ploy in a bid to win union concessions next year.
But viewed another way it is a desperate ploy on behalf of the 2 million Palestinians largely penned into the impoverished seaside strip.
As the day went on, stocks shook off losses as traders took the president's threats as more a bargaining ploy by the president.
The move to charge a nominal fee could be simply a ploy to ward off rivals and steer clear of the country's laws.
Horton later admitted to Fairfax Media it was a ploy to get under the skin of his key opponent, who came in second.
"You have to be smart about how you integrate Instagram-worthy elements in your space, but it shouldn't be a ploy," Szala said.
Even if such projects start as a marketing ploy, they can spark corporate bureaucrats to gamble on initiatives and partnerships they otherwise wouldn't.
On the phone, when Mr. Trump asked him to abandon the auction, Mr. Barrack initially thought it was a ploy related to contingencies.
Russian officials have said they stand by Maduro and have condemned opposition actions as a U.S.-inspired ploy to usurp power in Caracas.
Late yesterday, Postmates found itself in hot water with customers after advertising free delivery in what some felt was an insensitive marketing ploy.
House Democrats have portrayed the memo's release as a political ploy, designed to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign.
I could maybe theorize about how Hockey Fiancée is part of a double ploy against Stan by the Soviets, which also involves Renée.
At the same time, he said he was going to delete his channel, a vow that turned out to be a marketing ploy.
Few were surprised by the ploy, a time-tested one which could have toppled the state government and put the BJP in charge.
One of the outgoing lawmakers who also served as Alberto Fujimori's cabinet, denied the very public father-daughter falling out was a ploy.
So while it may be cynical to view this latest statement as a political ploy, it may be just as cynical not to.
Maybe all that corridor carpeting is just part of a ploy by Big Dilithium to get Starfleet to use more of its product.
As mentioned before, Pokémon GO is clearly nothing more than a ploy by Big Video Game to get you up and moving around.
The wholesome, all-American tradition of drunken Texas fraternity parties just got even more American: they're now part of a corporate marketing ploy!
Opposition parties rejected the proposal, calling it a ploy to buy time and avoid being impeached, and vowed to push ahead with impeachment.
But when China releases a blockbuster with far tamer themes of nationalism, the film is dismissed as a ploy to brainwash the West.
Wells Fargo senior analyst Jennifer Fritzsche doesn't see the move as a race to the bottom or a desperate ploy to add subscribers.
She'd like to have a date over for a home-cooked meal, but worries it may all be a ploy for a hookup.
"At its worst, the anthem is used as both an ideological cudgel and as a cynical marketing ploy," wrote Deadspin columnist Drew Magary.
I succumbed to something I never thought I would: an accidental online marketing ploy for what would certainly be a totally average blockbuster.
By and large, within Hollywood the gift bag is considered a publicity ploy for brands or marketers, and accepting one is considered tacky.
As a candidate, Trump took Gingrich's ploy even further, engaging in a protracted feud with Megyn Kelly and Fox News during the campaign.
Some Twitter users see the new saltshaker as a capitalist ploy, especially when things like health care and women's rights to worry about.
The ministry has since described the shortage as a ploy by pharmaceutical firms intent on price hikes in the wake of the float.
Is this a cheap ploy to get China and India—something like 40 percent of the world's population—involved in the World Cup?
Outing him is a brazen political ploy to create a pinata for every agitated deplorable in the country to take a whack at.
Kiev authorities said they were made aware of the plot four months ago and staged the elaborate ploy in order to capture suspects.
To the DPRK, separate from it being a ploy or not, it would make cultural sense to protect its leader from losing face.
The ploy is this: When you have to play by the rules, do the bare minimum and make a big deal about it.
" Zoldak added: "Asking women to take sides by gender is a failing Democratic ploy that is consciously manipulative and a disservice to women.
It was just another way to package and peddle the overall U.S. News rankings, illustrating the extent to which they're a marketing ploy.
It's all part of a strategic  frontal assault on women's right to choose, a deliberate ploy to overturn  the landmark 1973 Roe v.
Nonetheless, it zoomed to the top of the best-seller list, and earned Professor Ploy so much money that he moved to Bali.
Given Putin's mercurial nature, his letter may very well be a ploy designed to make Russia look like the adult in the room.
"Plaintiff's ploy of filing in Superior Court to justify her shameless publicity campaign against Roger Ailes should not be countenanced," Ailes' lawyers said.
Trump charged in a statement that the effort was nothing but a fundraising ploy by the Green Party and its nominee, Jill Stein.
The Justice Department blasted Apple's privacy concerns as "false" and "corrosive" and accused the company of using the case as a marketing ploy.
The trouble with this ploy, however, is that you have to be Herzog, or a figure of comparable charisma, to pull it off.
Russia and other critics call it a campaign ploy by President Petro O. Poroshenko, who faces a tough re-election battle in March.
My freshman year someone threatened to pull the fire alarm as a ploy to get students out of the building to shoot them.
Kimel said the ploy had become more widespread in part because of the mania among parents eager to gain entry to leading institutions.
As in the past, Germany will take France's economic problems and its militant body politic as a negotiating ploy to impose its views.
"It is a malicious ploy to remove the leader of the opposition and put a stop to the possibility of a socialist government."
Critics say the cross initiative is at least in part a ploy to lure votes away from the far-right at the polls.
In what might have been a marketing ploy, ABC came under tremendous fire in an orchestrated outcry that included full-page newspaper ads.
Wilhelm Canaris, chief of the Abwehr, the military intelligence unit of the high command of the German armed forces, devised a disinformation ploy.
This ploy, completely divorced from the reality of actual consumer demand and expectations, allows the agency to claim a justification for further regulation.
Roku's tactics are a poorly timed negotiating ploy, fabricating a crisis with no thought for the alarm it generated among its own customers.
The ploy failed and the International Monetary Fund came to the rescue with what was then its biggest ever loan for any country.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, Mr. Assad's only regional ally, also rejected the Trump administration's warning, describing it as a ploy.
" She described his claim as a "political ploy" and "one more dog whistle taking us back to the darkest days of our history.
The horns' high pitch can also be seen as a psychological ploy, playing on the ears of the anxious troopers of the garrison.
It is sad to see hunters give political cover to the gun lobby and fall for this cynical ploy, hook, line and sinker.
The ploy was designed to steal damaging information about Qatar's World Cup bid, which could be leaked to embarrass the UAE's Gulf rival.
Just as his predecessors had done, Moon chose to ignore his Northern counterpart's ploy of dangling the possibility of denuclearization and peaceful coexistence.
Portraying a contemporary society where slavery is accepted is an irresponsible ploy to gain ratings and respond to a perceived conservative political shift.
His focus on Venezuela today is little more than a ploy to help his chances against Democratic challengers in the 2020 presidential election.
Among the theories: Fox10 host Kari Lake said the teachers strike is actually just a cover ploy to legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona.
It makes one suspect that Climate Change: Part One's middling, Hollywood-blockbuster conceit trades on this counterproductive sensationalism as a ploy for attention.
Putin loyalists and the masses who will see the news on Russian television believe this is all a Western ploy to tarnish Russia's image.
He offered an amendment to allow undocumented immigrants to stay in the country, then claimed it was only a ploy to destroy immigration reform.
It appears that was the intention of the message, which is actually a viral marketing ploy to promote the new season of Black Mirror.
Update 10/11/18, 1am ET: Curtis finally admitted to BuzzFeed News that this whole thing was just a ploy to troll his neighbors.
" In shared clip, Beam says "using God as a ploy to get Black people to forgive you, because a lot of people do that.
So, he threatens the prime minister with the ploy of waiting until right before the next election and then making his first public appearance.
ANN7's new owner, Mzwanele Manyi, dismissed the allegations about improper payments as part of a ploy by rival media firms to stifle competition.
You've gotten through the week of the Google Docs phishing ploy that rocked the world, or at least a vocal corner of the media.
The statue was originally placed as a publicity ploy in honor of International Women's Day on behalf of McCann and State Street Global Advisers.
The store also featured looks the models will be wearing behind the scenes of the brand's genius marketing ploy disguised as a fashion show.
Bloomberg spoke with analyst Hideki Yasuda, of the Ace Research Institute, who suspects it's a ploy by Nintendo to increase brand awareness in China.
Iran unequivocally condemns all violence & terror anywhere, and is ready to work with all concerned to uncover what is a sinister false flag ploy.
Polling suggests that a little over half of Taiwanese see the new law as justified; only a third see it as a political ploy.
From that standpoint, sassy videos with a body-positive or anti-racism slant seem less like a bandaid and more like a PR ploy.
Pakistani security officials said they saw the dueling statements as little more than a cynical public relations ploy on the part of the Taliban.
It is a ploy that forces the viewer to reassess their convictions, demonstrating how fine the line can be between freedom fighter and terrorist.
Many in Moscow see blagoustroistvo as a thinly-veiled ploy to placate the urban middle class who protested against fraudulent elections in 2011-12.
Even brands that adopted a Weird Twitter voice — think: Denny's posting about being Egg Daddy — felt less craven because it was a sustained ploy.
It came up with a ploy to "print" American dollars by filching them from accounts in Zimbabwean banks and replacing them with worthless IOUs.
Some of the strongest resistance to setting minimum-pay rates came from developing countries, which suspected a ploy to remove their main comparative advantage.
Firing back, Jeffrey Wall, Mr Trump's acting solicitor-general, wrote that Hawaii's position is a ploy to "drain [the Supreme Court's ruling] of meaning".
Perhaps the talk in Washington about a willingness to risk war is merely part of a psychological ploy to curb Mr Kim's nuclear ambitions.
The tactic worked in part, until the Polish player's error count rose too quickly, such is the risk-reward for such a valiant ploy.
"At the time, people didn't realize this was all a big ploy," oceanographer Frank Sansone of the University of Hawaii at Manoa told Gizmodo.
The film was "Psycho" and Alfred Hitchcock's edict—part artistic statement, part marketing ploy—placed new emphasis on plot twists in the final act.
Opponents said the countries were too different culturally and socially to be grouped together and that ultimately, it was a Goldman Sachs marketing ploy.
This is of course just a ploy to have him hand over his sapphire as a personal item to be used for his fortune.
One possible ploy might be to forswear missiles that can hit American cities but to preserve a small nuclear arsenal, perhaps under international supervision.
Among the most annoying buzzwords to ever grace Silicon Valley, I regret to inform you that blockchain is more than just a marketing ploy.
Conservatives have attacked them as a nanny-state ploy to control citizens, while left-leaning critics have argued that they primarily punish poorer people.
With this in mind, there's a good chance this all-vinyl set was just another "clever" marketing ploy cooked up by the DJ duo.
"This can be a ploy to verify your number is working, which could lead to more text or call related spam messages," Narang says.
Blac's adamant she never slept with Pilot and adds that the entire ordeal is a ploy to drum up hype for his new track.
It's a cheap ploy to keep us creating new posts, keep us interested, at a time when our interest is starting to drift away.
Sanders thinks the only reason a Democrat would be proud of President Obama's work would be a political ploy to court African-American voters.
The misguided superdelegate proposal appears, instead, to be a ploy to keep Mr Sanders's supporters keyed up for a race he has already lost.
Russia called the move a ploy to exit a pact that the United States wanted to leave anyway in order to develop new missiles.
Opposition parties have condemned it as a ploy to fool the people of Darfur and part of a campaign to further Arabize the region.
In what might have been a marketing ploy, the network came under tremendous fire in an orchestrated outcry that included full-page newspaper ads.
"The market tends to think this is all an opening ploy," said Cashin, UBS director of floor operations at the New York Stock Exchange.
Far from protecting consumers, it is a marketing ploy, "a fetish which Germans cling to like the pope to his creed," Mr. Grau wrote.
"But to Caroline the ploy was a statement of intent: She was a self-made woman exploiting a new form of media," Beach wrote.
Constructing the palace is a political ploy on the young king's part, but its many rooms also provide gilded backdrops for plenty of sex.
The Justice Department last week blasted Apple's privacy concerns as "false" and "corrosive," accusing the company of using the case as a marketing ploy.
It was a ploy that played a large part in the surprise 1-1 Group D draw that Iceland forced against Argentina on Saturday.
Meanwhile, other GOP lawmakers are warning that the political ploy could backfire by giving vulnerable Democratic incumbents a chance to distance themselves from progressives.
Note to the weak-willed: In a clever ploy, takeout must be ordered from the bar, where tempting drinks, costing $12 to $13, abound.
In a seemingly typical ploy, 24-year-old Darren Kelly was lured to a property in Pitsea, Essex by a 248-year-old girl.
In 236, the winner paid $245 million for a 2150-pound tuna, a purchase that was equal parts marketing ploy and industry dick-swinging.
That ploy, experts say, is unlikely to work since Pyongyang is quite adamant that it would only abide by a step-by-step process.
What else is a window, really, other than a ploy to have it all, communion with an environment from the safe distance of shelter?
He suggested that Democrats' attempts to raise alarm over coronavirus is just their latest ploy against Trump following their failed effort to impeach him.
The opposition to Obama's debt financing was the principled stand of a chastened GOP, not a cynical ploy to trip up a Democratic president.
Still, it's ironic that what has become a marketing ploy and institutional term of convenience emerged in defiance of both the market and institutions.
The social media summit is largely a ploy to gin up anger over social media and accusations that technology companies are biased against conservatives.
But Democrats voted "present" on a motion in the Senate this week to consider the plan, calling the vote a political ploy by Republicans.
His gambit may be a ploy to buy time for the additional testing needed to acquire the capability to strike the continental United States.
In truth, she said, she was worried that the loan did not exist and was instead a ploy to lower Mr. Manafort's tax bill.
Without him, and thanks to Mr. McConnell's nakedly cynical ploy, any remaining sense that the court can exist apart from partisan politics is gone.
So calling her "defiant" might be a bit of a stretch, a ploy to create a marketable image for a subtle, keenly observant individual.
" As Politico describes it, Black was convicted for his role "in a ploy to swindle millions of dollars from investors in his media company.
And among the international community, where the two-state solution is still orthodoxy, the idea is dismissed as a ploy of right-wing rejectionists.
In reality, they're a ploy by Republicans to boost the Democrat who they think Tillis would have the best chances of beating in November.
They dismissed the House impeachment inquiry as a partisan ploy that ignored the facts to cast Mr. Trump's actions in the worst possible light.
But West Virginia Democrats charge it's just a ploy by Republicans to put more conservative judges on the bench in the state's highest court.
Yes, because Renee works at a cosmetics company, she ends up utilizing self-love as a marketing ploy for a new line of makeup.
That is why opponents wisely fear that national reciprocity is a ploy to sell more guns and undermine stronger local and state gun controls.
Roku&aposs tactics are a poorly timed negotiating ploy, fabricating a crisis with no thought for the alarm it generated among its own customers.
We can only hope President Trump will reject Whirlpool's opportunistic ploy and avoid the temptation to open the flood gates to counterproductive trade battles.
In the past, militants have called vaccination teams foreign agents, and peddled conspiracy theories that their campaigns were a Western ploy to sterilize Muslims.
"It bolsters the views of skeptics who believe that the 'simplification' effort was merely a ploy to weaken the core elements of the reform."
The fight centers on liberals' suspicions that the census question could be a ploy to tilt the once-a-decade reapportionment of House seats.
Its editors argued that the term is merely a marketing ploy to mask the alt-right's racist intentions, and journalists shouldn't fall for it.
But not everybody thinks Emin had a larger political agenda in mind concerning his music video — it might have just been a clever marketing ploy.
Babis calls the police investigation a ploy by adversaries to chase him out of politics, which many Czechs view as ridden with bribery and favoritism.
Turkish Airlines is half owned by the state, and pro-government media in the country slammed the ban as a ploy to undermine the carrier.
"At first I thought this was just another ploy to raise his profile, but he's actually taking this seriously," one Democratic strategist told BuzzFeed News.
Moreover, they are a transparent and desperate ploy to deflect away from the hard, cold facts, none of which appear to have been responded to.
But he says he doesn't want corporate sponsorships that might make Super Patron feel like an advertising ploy, even if they could grow the endowment.
"Their stay applications are just a ploy to preserve a congressional map that violates Pennsylvania's Constitution for one more election cycle," the League's lawyers argued.
It was embarrassing for the prime minister, and many critics saw Johnson's decision as an obvious political ploy — if a risky one at the time.
They scoff at the idea that rich, spoiled America really feels threatened, seeing a ploy to extract better terms for American firms to make money.
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It had all been a ploy, trying to gain whatever slim advantage they could over the Dodgers by pre-empting Dave Roberts' platoon-matched lineup.
Like her siblings, she was kept out of school, which her father regarded as "a ploy by the government to lead children away from God".
IN THE rickety wooden markets in Nairobi, where traders sell old books, second-hand clothes and kitchenware, walking away is a buyer's last negotiating ploy.
All of these companies have recently used VR as a marketing ploy, and quite frankly, the "experiences" they've created are all a load of shit.
JUUL critics and the FDA alike have criticized JUUL's use of sweet flavors, as it appeared to be a ploy to appeal to young people.
Many U.S. officials and experts doubt Kim's sincerity about denuclearising, viewing the recent flurry of diplomacy as a ploy to win relief from economic sanctions.
That ploy turned especially sophisticated recently, as scammers hijacked legitimate accounts that were verified by Twitter and then used them as vehicles to solicit bitcoin.
And because there were apparently no news cameras on the ground filming an army of battle droids marching into Naboo's capital city, their ploy works.
At the most recent election, in 2013, the Barisan Nasional won 60% of seats despite receiving a minority of votes, thanks mainly to this ploy.
Or, is this just a negotiating ploy just as the Trump administration is about to make key decisions regarding the Obamacare exchange market for 2018?
The forecast of "three [or] four months" may have just been a ploy to buy time until Mr Trump had the Republican nomination sewn-up.
So it would be easy to lose sight of the quiet Republican ploy to make it dramatically harder for working families to save for retirement.
MS-13 isn't a useful ploy just for Trump: Republican Ed Gillespie also featured the group in ads for his failed campaign for Virginia governor.
Defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman argued the case was a ploy to blame one man for drugs that infiltrated the United States, even after Guzmán's capture.
His second-quarter Rockette performance was a theatrical ploy designed to sell contact and a foul, the painful (for Adams) result being an unintended consequence.
Juul is Big Tobacco, and it's using a classic ploy from the Big Tobacco playbook to try and hook another generation of kids on nicotine.
Prime Minister David Cameron, who foolishly called the referendum largely as a ploy to deal with political problems in his party, announced he will resign.
The question is not a slam-dunk, however, so Jaworski named Nixon an "unindicted co-conspirator" in an apparent ploy to avoid a constitutional showdown.
And because it was so close to the election, they were wary about doing anything that could be construed as a ploy to help Clinton.
Hreidarsson said he was amazed that England had fallen for the basic ploy of a long throw-in that led directly to Sigurdsson's headed goal.
Israel regards the truce idea as a ploy and will not negotiate with Hamas, which the EU and United States list as a terrorist group.
Kiwifruit used to be known as Chinese gooseberries, but were renamed by New Zealand growers after the country's iconic flightless bird as a marketing ploy.
One person familiar with the deliberations suggested Trump's tweet on Friday was a negotiating ploy to move the idea of scrapping all tariffs further along.
Some Israeli politicians are characterizing Netanyahu's order for Abu al-Atta's killing as a ploy to drum up political support from his right-wing base.
Or is it just a negotiating ploy that will inevitably be followed up with some last-minute deal that gets Trump to agree to debate?
David Anderson, a health policy analyst at Duke University, pointed out this ploy out last August when Aetna dropped its profitable Obamacare plans in Pennsylvania.
But critics described the administration's move as a ploy that would discourage non-citizens from responding, pointing to President Trump's anti-immigration sentiments and policies.
To the Editor: Re "Big Tobacco's Latest Ploy," by Alex Bogusky (Op-Ed, May 6): We applaud Mr. Bogusky for refusing to work with Juul.
And while new jobs will eventually be created, many unions worry the changes are a ploy to strip away worker protections — and their own power.
Some said their effort echoed Senator Joseph McCarthy's red-baiting in the 1950s, and was a ploy to undermine legitimate criticism of American environmental policy.
They worried that the meeting request could be a ploy to surreptitiously record an American official appearing to conspire against the Venezuelan government, officials said.
I succumbed to a marketing ploy and read "Valley of the Dolls," by Jacqueline Susann, which was in its 50th anniversary edition this past summer.
Here is a guide to help you figure out which extras really matter, and which are just a ploy to get you to spend more.
Or a feeling among the French that, having witnessed how hacking may have altered the American election, they would not fall for the same ploy.
At best, those are a ploy to collect your information for marketing; at worst, they could be thieves hoping to perpetrate fraud or identity theft.
Lawyers for the city called the suit a "last-minute ploy to nullify a legislative directive and eviscerate" the city's promise to protect applicants' privacy.
"It was determined that Saavedra used the kidnapping story as a ploy to prey on the unsuspecting citizen to steal the vehicle," the statement said.
The answer, surely, is that it began as a cynical ploy; at first, the Republicans hoped to kill health reform before it really got started.
But a growing number of Democrats see diminishing returns in an extended delay, amid concerns that such a move would look like a political ploy.
The proof was believed to lie in Ms. Roy's shrewd ploy to hide her Christian self by not using her full name: Suzanna Arundhati Roy.
Trump also alleges partisan ploy In a second tweet Thursday, Trump cast blame on Democrats, who he said are trying to make him look bad.
Instead of seeking fair treatment of all residents of this country, this president has decided to win over the Jewish vote through this transparent ploy.
He described Pelosi's comments as a "political ploy" to later claim that she is moving toward impeachment based on overwhelming evidence, despite her initial reluctance.
Using a controversial procedural ploy, labeled the "nuclear option," they reinterpreted the Senate's rules to restrict filibusters on presidential nominations except for the Supreme Court.
But some political opponents dismissed the exhumation as a ploy to drum up support before a general election and criticized Sanchez for reopening old wounds.
Every broker I spoke to admitted there is no such thing as Trumpcare, and that it is a marketing ploy from the lead generator site.
Going gluten-free won&apost help you lose weight, and can be a huge marketing ploy and eating cheese before bed doesn&apost cause nightmares.
Many of Mr. Trump's supporters have dismissed efforts to make his tax returns public, calling the attempts a partisan ploy meant to embarrass the president.
Lance and his broker claim the seller's realtor lied to them and the other bidders and it was a shameless ploy to make a buck.
The ice cream ploy, however, resulted in disastrous lines: Predictably, the ice cream eventually ran out—concessions workers must've been thrilled about the whole thing.
What if this just a ploy to distract us from the fact that he and his girlfriend Kylie Jenner are rumored to be expecting a child?
But if Saudi Arabia and the UAE hoped to cause so much pain that Qatar gave in to their demands, their ploy has so far failed.
But Sheriff O'Carroll found the video "grossly offensive" and didn't believe the racist and anti-Semitic video was simply a ploy to piss off his girlfriend.
Dave Chappelle says his backing of Maryland gubernatorial candidate Ben Jealous is NOT a political Hollywood ploy ... 'cause he's just doing what he thinks is right.
Earlier, Lenny sussed out all of Voiello's plans and either sincerely, or as a ploy, convinced Voiello that he is a righteous man, a saint even.
This whole summer, everyone's been debating whether Hiddleswift — the couple consisting of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston — is real or just a ploy for media attention.
Few have seen the mystery surrounding the author, and the growing number of interviews she gave by e-mail in recent years, as a marketing ploy.
BEUC said this was "just a ploy to get consumers to pay more" because conversion calculations are too complicated to be carried out on the spot.
It's not that Jon getting punked by the old "reveal yourself to the scouting party so the real forces can get you" ploy was a problem.
Next, we get to find out whether she's one step ahead of him, and whether she's going to recognize this as the cheap ploy it is.
But Jolie says the story took the casting process out of context, turning a well-thought-out audition into a ploy that seemed cruel and unusual.
Threatening to fire a teacher adviser is a common ploy used by schools trying to get their students to stop writing anything critical, said SPLC's Hiestand.
All images: Alex Cranz/GizmodoThe ploy of the rechargeable, Blu PLUS+ vape is obvious: It looks like a cigarette and the charging case resembles a pack.
Many assumed the decision was a ploy to bump box-office ratings; a tense, experimental second-world-war flick wouldn't typically appeal to a younger demographic.
But 23andMe is not using your genetic information in an Orwellian ploy to help companies sell you drugs or shoes your DNA suggests you might want.
The ploy of associating CNN with blackmail obvious: to discredit the network's reporting or at least push the narrative of a news agency embroiled in scandal.
If you thought Mother's Day started out as a ploy by greeting card companies to pocket your hard-earned money, you're in for a big surprise.
Some in Hong Kong are fearful the law could be used as a political ploy to arrest and try political activists who oppose the Chinese government.
A source close to the situation responding, contending the actress did agree to seal and "the filing was nothing but a media ploy to hurt Angelina."
Alternatively, bystanders may conclude the problem is being exaggerated or exploited to make a political point—as a Democratic ploy to harm Mr Trump, for example.
Comparing migrant detention centers to "summer camps" or "boarding schools" — no matter what your stance is on immigration policy — is a gross, attention-seeking, privileged ploy.
I heard about people who got invited to the Society only to quit in disgust, saying that its elaborate mythos was nothing but a marketing ploy.
Which brings us to the biggest irony of Bandersnatch ... I'm not suggesting that Bandersnatch is some vast corporate ploy to harvest your personal information or something.
Casino, which now controls GPA, lobbied against the loan, saying the acquisition was a complex ploy by Diniz to maintain control of GPA, which Diniz denied.
Critics said the currency measure was no panacea for Venezuela's economic mess and just a psychological ploy to make Venezuelans forget the extent of the hyperinflation.
Democrats dismissed the House Financial Services subcommittee hearing as a political ploy to discredit the president, not a genuine effort to learn more about the issue.
While the ad was clearly an effort to portray a relevant but inoffensive message of social unity, people are calling it an inauthentic, opportunistic marketing ploy.
Lydon, who is also president of Global Trends Investments, added that he thought Salt's strategy for this fund was a genuinely good one, ploy or not.
Jim Glasgow, a plumber from Iowa City who is supporting Trump, called the move a "marketing ploy" by Trump to get more viewers to tune in.
The Levada Centre, Russia's last independent polling agency, was declared a "foreign agent", a ploy the government uses to harass organisations it dislikes with red tape.
One camel is clearly just a blatant marketing ploy: A modest fella whose only decor is a promotional message shaved into the hair on his side.
"This vote is a sham and little more than a political ploy to protect vulnerable Republicans from having to defend their climate science denial," said Sen.
Some analysts believe the deficit-inflating tax bill was in part a ploy by Ryan to force Republicans to back welfare reforms to balance the budget.
That Trump hasn't said a word about the caravan since the election is proof positive that this was all a political ploy from beginning to end.
It's more likely, however, that he's being deliberately misleading — and that his effort to delegitimize a big part of the Democratic electorate is a cynical ploy.
The Sanders campaign is firing back, saying Clinton "has been all over the map" on gun control and calling the attacks a desperate, politically driven ploy.
"  "She further confessed to Committee investigators that (85033) she 'just wanted to get attention'; (2) 'it was a tactic'; and (3) 'that was just a ploy.
In the Justice Department's portrayal of the showdown, Apple has cravenly decided to use opposition to a high-profile government decryption request as a marketing ploy.
It's a cynical ploy to escape scrutiny of his outrageous proposal to ban an entire religion from our country, and no one should fall for it.
"It's a political ploy that raises questions in rural North Carolina that lots of people haven't had occasion to think about," Mr. Wilson-Hartgrove told me.
When a response did come, prominent social media figures for the Yellow Vests insisted that the media outcry was a ploy to distract from their crusade.
The main opposition party said his use of emergency powers was unnecessary and was a ploy to make it easier for police to arrest its supporters.
And if this sounds like a ploy to get you to buy more shit—maybe even some shit you don't really need—you would be correct.
When they get married, he reveals it was just a ploy, and she's relieved he's still a real man as he spanks her for her insolence.
Mark Wahlberg ain't buyin' Calvin Johnson's retirement announcement -- saying he hopes the whole thing is just a ploy so CJ can join the New England Patriots.
It's mostly a bit of a ploy to bring attention to the company's recycling efforts, let's be honest, but at least it's a pretty fun one.
The idea that Trump's obsession with the migrant caravan was a cynical midterm ploy that would be abandoned the minute the polls closed was always wrong.
Unswayed by the bail release, China has demanded that Canada free Ms. Meng immediately, seeing her arrest as a sneaky political ploy engineered by the Americans.
When the court challenge was announced in February, Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, made clear that this legal ploy was an end run around lawmaking.
"False flag!!" tweeted Tommy Vietor, the "Pod Save America" host and former aide to Barack Obama, hinting that Fox News's projection was some kind of ploy.
One possibility is that reigniting traditional anti-Semitism is a Kremlin ploy intended to tap into ultraright Russian nationalism ahead of the presidential elections in March.
" He said they were executing a cynical political ploy to deny Mr. Trump a Supreme Court seat — "the most unethical sham since I've been in politics.
The Kremlin, along with some Ukrainian opposition figures, called the martial drumbeats echoing from Kiev a domestic political ploy by its embattled president, Petro O. Poroshenko.
Or inserting Barnes, a prodigious defender who has won three consecutive under-22014 world championships, into the lineup could be a shrewd psychological and tactical ploy.
The Social Capital chief said that in some cases it can be used as a marketing ploy and a way for companies to get free money.
To many, the initiative felt like an advertising ploy that reeks of fake corporate wokeness; and bookish social media users were quick to point this out.
Like Casey Affleck, Redmayne keeps glancing down or aside, although in his case you sense a blatant ploy, designed to pull us into Newt's endearing shyness.
The multiple endings were a ploy to give Ripper replayability—an elusive element that makes somebody want to play again, the brass ring of any videogame.
Wallace's demand was a calculated ploy — he effectively excused Alabama state police from performing their duties and placed responsibility to keep the peace in Johnson's corner.
His lawyers, above, dismissed the House impeachment inquiry as a partisan ploy that ignored the facts to cast Mr. Trump's actions in the worst possible light.
It's been mainly a Republican ploy lately, but there's no way I'm going to claim that Democrats haven't done it, too, when they had the muscle.
It exploded online and the Kardashians/Jenners are nothing if not brilliant business people, so what better ploy than to ride the wave and take advantage.
They got away with it for a while until they overplayed their hand last month and forced a government shutdown in a ploy that completely backfired.
On the floor, McConnell accused Schumer of releasing his letter as public relations ploy not designed to start real negotiations on the contours of a trial.
They and other critics have denounced the vote as a ploy to divide Democrats and throw cold water on the notion of an ambitious climate plan.
At that moment, what seemed at first to be a desperate fighter's ploy to excuse a loss began to feel like something darker and more tragic.
"The president is using the armed forces in a political ploy for his reelection campaign and I think it's absolutely obscene," added retired Army Maj. Gen.
Protesters saw Mr. Bouteflika's letter as nothing more than a ploy by le pouvoir to gain time while they engineer a way to stay in control.
These firms allegedly claimed to offer financial services such as lowering credit card interest rates as a ploy to get people to surrender their personal information.
The whole thing almost seemed like a marketing ploy for Starbucks, but then again, that's what we thought about Trump's 2016 run for a while, too.
With her boss out of earshot, Barbara thanks Ruby, cementing the idea that this was all an unspoken ploy to get Larry to forget about the money.
A brief history of the House GOP's failed ethics ploy Either way, it's certain the blowback intensified to a new level once Trump turned to Twitter. Rep.
Lewis recognized the tactic as a clever ploy for Angelica to get what she wants — one the famous flipper has tried himself on more than one occasion.
Of course, releasing a record over a batch of singles might be a cunning marketing ploy, but when the music is this good, we'll happily overlook that.
So let's call a spade a spade: Initiative Q is a clever marketing ploy with lofty promises but virtually nothing to show for them at this point.
If his ploy was to get closer to the front he made a big mistake, because I (not he) reaped the benefits of the chaos he caused.
But critics say it's actually a ploy to discourage non-citizens from responding, and government emails and memos reveal contradicting accounts of initial statements made by officials.
To say that little ploy didn't work would be an understatement; Nixon won 500+ electoral votes and more than 60 percent of the popular vote that November.
Katt Williams' downward spiral has scared his loved ones so much they want him hospitalized ... but the comedian thinks it's just a ploy to get his cash.
This is nothing more than a cynical ploy to delay inevitable changes to its business model while it pursues a record breaking $120 billion stock market flotation.
Her disdain for "citizens of nowhere" is not just a political ploy: she seriously thinks that Britain needs more provincial certainties as an antidote to rootless cosmopolitanism.
He recognizes that the slam-dunk case against Steven Birch, Bobby's rival, is a ploy to divert attention and resources away from the case against Axe Capital.
On Tuesday, Speier assured Johnson that the ERA is "no stalking horse for abortion," emphasizing that the proposed amendment isn't a ploy to enshrine additional abortion protections.
It's an interesting ploy, to be sure, since I somehow doubt that anyone was really hoping to pay even more money for a new BlackBerry in 27.
Murray -- who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter -- also claims Michael would use fake accents and pretend he was a stroke victim as a ploy to meet women.
In fact, it was Young's wife, Nancy, who made the credit card ploy work, thanks to the fact that she had a better credit rating than Young.
There's no long build up, there's no need to weave a senseless story, there's no psychological ploy, it's just slick visual trickery right in front of you.
If this is in fact all just a ploy on Zayn's part to prove he can be just as wacky as the Biebz, consider this mission accomplished.
Koll said that trade regulations imposed are not due to a short term "political ploy" by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, rather a long awaited "strategic" move.
The announcement has sparked concern amongst social media users in the country, many of whom suspect that it's a ploy to gain access to information about users.
Rosenstein's defense of Barr's controversial rollout of Mueller's report, which Democrats have blasted as a partisan ploy to protect Trump, has prompted new questions about his loyalties.
This ploy had a few advantages for Hindman's boss, whom she identifies only as the mysterious "Composer" but whose real name is not exactly hard to find.
Amnesty International decried the island chain's restoration of the death penalty as a "transparent ploy" by the government to distract attention away from the country's political troubles.
Yet, because many of those questioned are seen as Mr Ruto's allies, some think that the war on corruption is a ploy to neuter the deputy president.
Regardless of whether broadcasting this disaster was a ploy to manipulate international opinion, North Korea's need for help in wake of the flood appears to be genuine.
But if there is a calculation behind Trump's signal-boosting of seemingly negative news, I don't think it's a ploy to distract the public from damaging stories.
A Department of Justice filing claimed that Apple's argument—that unlocking the phone would weaken its encryption protections—was a marketing ploy to strengthen its business model.
What's disappointing is how many outlets participated in this marketing ploy without providing their audience with the necessary context — that is, that all condoms are Zika-resistant.
Democrats, however, dismiss the memo as a political ploy to discredit the FBI and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into whether the Trump team colluded with Russia.
Chyna addressed speculation that she got pregnant as a revenge ploy against the Kardashians or to get money out of the reality mogul family, Chyna denied it.
ROF's attempt to "gain more attention and recruit new members," as MACC describe it, is exactly the kind of ploy the plug-in was made to stop.
It's a political illusion, a ploy that the three nations have known but have propped up to appease the masses in a prideful People's Republic of China.
Then, on March 22nd, another trio (it's not clear if they were the same gang), managed to steal 59 iPhones worth some $44,000 using the same ploy.
Indeed, the Taliban stands to gain by disrupting the elections and may use talks with the U.S. as a ploy to sow popular distrust in the government.
Not only will this ploy cost Gotham's taxpayers more, but it serves as a magnet for other illegal aliens to take up residence in the Big Apple.
But she also called the Russian request a "propaganda ploy" and said the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security advised against it, according to USA Today.
Clinton for what it is: a heavy-handed ploy intended to protect the F.B.I. director and the agency from criticism for not bringing charges against Mrs. Clinton.
There were government programs to help coffee planters, but Ms. Mohan saw them as a ploy to hook Puerto Rico's farmers on herbicides from the United States.
From its inception, critics denounced the policy as a ploy to shift health care costs from those who posed the greatest (cost) risk onto States and insurers.
A journeyman eking out a living by playing in the Russian league for Krasnodar, Sigurdsson reacted more quickly than any Englishman could to a very simple ploy.
Then there are those times when they act so much like part of the fam, we're left wondering whether the four-legs and fur is a ploy!
Also not helpful are the conspiracy theories circulating out there, blaming bioterrorism, the Tdap vaccine, or some kind of ploy to pad the pockets of healthcare companies.
A ploy to steal the restaurant's weed supply ends in a shootout with automatic weapons, leaving their passenger bloody and screaming in the drive-thru parking lot.
His new role as an inmate masturbation whisperer doesn't come from the goodness of his heart; it's a ploy to eke out a confession from his cellmate.
The small scale is part of why it's seen not as a way to help families but as a cynical ploy, a shameless attempt to curry favor.
The move for an independent church could boost his ratings and burnish his legacy, though opponents call it a dangerous electoral ploy that will inflame social tensions.
Today's decision by the Nobel Prize Committee certainly feels similar, like a ploy to make the prize seem relevant, rather than a celebration of an artistic career.
The conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute immediately called the new mandate a "midnight" political ploy by the Obama administration and said the incoming administration should abandon the plan.
Civil rights groups and some states strongly object to the citizenship question proposal, calling it a Republican ploy to scare immigrants into not participating in the census.
As for the most important story in the country, my main takeaway from the Nunes memo is that it won't be the last ploy of its kind.
Trump has rolled out a social media bias reporting tool that is basically a ploy to get people's information and build out the White House email list.
The Mexican president's ploy was almost certainly demagogic in intent and motivation, invoking an anti-Spanish sentiment that he believes exists in Mexico, though polls suggest otherwise.
To the Editor: Re "Builders Use Ploy to Create the Luxury of Height" (front page, April 20): The invasion of the "supertalls" is even worse than described.
Political strategists observed that a controversy over press rights, instigated by the White House, would make for a useful ploy to distract journalists and perhaps the public.
But what irks me most is your targeted attacks on historically marginalized populations as a political ploy to secure the support of the racists, misogynists and homophobes.
Scoobeez denied, in a separate court filing, the former CFO's embezzlement allegations, saying they were fabricated and part of a ploy to take control of the company.
Son has repeatedly said he could invest in Lyft should the Uber transaction fall through, although a few Uber insiders treat that as a deft negotiating ploy.
Future doesn't address whether he's the child's father, but he claims Eliza was taking fertility pills as a ploy to get pregnant with a rich man's baby.
This, too, has the air of a marketing ploy: Those games are sold as winner-takes-all showdowns, seismic clashes that will make the very earth shake.
It's a ploy Dallas used frequently against LeBron James and the Miami Heat in the 2011 N.B.A. finals, in which the Mavericks upset Miami in six games.
There is nothing in this bill to keep the government open that Democrats actually oppose, and yet they are blocking it nonetheless in a dangerous political ploy.
At the same time, it is important to see the Republican charges of anti-Semitism for what they are: a cynical ploy, aimed at reaping political advantage.
He said he sided with Trump's decision to remove U.S. troops and called the vote a "deceitful ploy" by Democrats to create divisions in the Republican Party.
The effort is widely seen as a ploy by a deeply unpopular leader to consolidate power by disbanding the National Assembly, which is controlled by his opponents.
But the candidate essentially disclosed the ploy in an interview Wednesday, telling The Washington Post that he was waiting for "the right time" to address the subject.
He also announced a contest to seek ideas for improving the system, a seductive ploy but nowhere near what he has to do if he's truly serious.
Nick Marro, an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, echoed those sentiments, explaining that Trump has demonstrated a pattern of turning to geopolitics as a domestic ploy.
China's yuan currency, traded in offshore markets, fell against the dollar after the news to trade near its weakest against the greenback in about three weeks. PLOY?
Pompeo appeared to dismiss the rhetoric as a bargaining ploy or an attempt to drive a wedge between the US team and described his interactions as professional.
Much like McConnell, most Senate Republicans see the new misconduct allegation as a political ploy by Democrats to reignite the contentious fight over Kavanaugh's Supreme Court seat.
"Yes you can argue that it's an electoral ploy," writes Brent Sasley, an expert on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process at the University of Texas at Arlington.
But experts are concerned that what's mainly an advertising ploy during normal times could look like medical advice in a crisis, especially to consumers who are panicking.
They're against the political ploy Trump is currently undertaking in insisting that he get $5.7 billion for a border wall or keep the government shuttered, conceivably indefinitely.
Philadelphia must run the ball effectively to keep New England's offense off the field and Ajayi will be critical in the Eagles' ploy to control the ball.
When we are attacked for speaking out, whether by members of the media or elected officials, it's a ploy to displace and drain our collective influence and energy.
"It had no benefit for the people," he said, accusing Ghani of offering the truce as a ploy to boost his image ahead of presidential elections next year.
Both looks seem to aim to make her look innocent despite the litany of charges — a ploy that's just as manipulative as the crimes she's been accused of.
Responding to the argument that the speech's lack of detail was a strategy ploy to mitigate congressional resistance against Trump's policies, Cashin said it was possible, but unlikely.
The company is aware it's not the only local business to co-opt Halloween as a marketing ploy, so puts a lot of effort into marketing its events.
Kim's actions could be a trick, and they're almost definitely a ploy to boost relations between Pyongyang and Seoul as the South prepares to host the Winter Olympics.
"This is clearly done as a political ploy," said William Frey, a Census expert and senior fellow of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution think tank.
Some U.S. officials and experts doubt Kim's sincerity, and see a recent flurry of North Korean diplomacy as a ploy to win relief from economic sanctions against Pyongyang.
But for years, the Food and Brand Lab massaged shoddy data into published, peer-reviewed studies in a brazen ploy for media coverage, as BuzzFeed News has reported.
"* He added, "Stratim's lawsuit is nothing more than a transparent preemptive ploy to avoid liability stemming from Mr. Fishman's notice of resignation and Stratim's contractual liability resulting therefrom.
The most common ploy is that you'll call and ask for a lower rate and they will say if you add a landline, you will lower your bill.
But as one user put it, if they were a mod, they'd "probably raze this place to the fucking ground" upon discovering it was all a marketing ploy.
Some say the military intervention, the first of this scale since Brazil's return to democracy in the 1980s, is a ploy to boost Mr Temer's rock-bottom popularity.
It's fast, it's fun and its pay-for-more-lives-via-in-app-purchase ploy has led to some individuals spending thousands of dollars to feed their addiction.
Although it seems like a dumb marketing ploy following the recent influx of CBD products in recent months, the campaign seems to be more of a political move.
Not while Patty and Bob fail to even cover up a murder with a classic ploy: submerging a car that doubles as criminal evidence in a nearby lake.
Making sense of it all is the surest way to see where this technology is going, and whether it's the real deal or mostly just another marketing ploy.
Jennifer Lopez -- who regularly steps out in only the bare essentials -- covered her entire bod in the sweltering NYC heat, but it may be a brilliant marketing ploy.
Mr Corbyn's critics argue that his policy is a cynical ploy to avoid committing the party to any firm course of action before Brexit day on March 29th.
Ms Sadoff and her colleagues found that the ploy boosted scores among American students relative to their compatriots without a cash incentive, but not among the Chinese ones.
The ploy has had some success with Australia's 10-year bond yield diving 21 basis points in just the past month to hit an historic trough of 0.993%.
While this could mean less preservatives, it could also be a clever marketing ploy by Big Produce to encourage people to pair Litehouse brand ranch with raw veggies.
Democrats panned the vote as a political stunt Markey called the vote a "mockery" of the Green New Deal, and Democrats largely dismissed it as a political ploy.
In the docs, Joseline says she voluntarily submitted to the drug tests, and Stevie's claim she's abused drugs throughout her pregnancy is a sick ploy to embarrass her.
Twitter users quickly pointed out the error, with many people joking that the typo was actually a legal ploy:    Really got started off on the wrong foot pic.twitter.
But the local branch of the opposition Syrian Interim Government's Ministry of Health dismissed Russia's truce call as a ploy to circumvent the U.N. month-long ceasefire resolution.
Axios's Jonathan Swan reported that the decision to suddenly introduce the sweeping transgender ban had nothing to do with military readiness, but instead was a cynical electoral ploy.
Maybe this is all a clever ploy to make an unbelievably convoluted angle for Being The Elite, which would be simultaneously amazing, overly indulgent, and kind of shitty.
The president has not changed, and nor has the left, whose ploy to cleave away Trump voters will work as brilliantly as it did in the 2016 election.
Russia has said it sees the U.S.-backed missile defense system in Romania and other European countries as a threat and a ploy to neutralize its nuclear arsenal.
In a previous Hell, Michigan ploy, Daniel became mayor for a day, only to have his privileges revoked when he attempted to ban straight people from the town. 
However, the humor sours when you realize that this comical ploy is also a strategy the Republican Party uses in its outreach to black and moderate white voters.
The top-voted comments were based on the sheer economics of EA's ploy, as outlined by user thesomeot: Comment from discussion Star Wars Battlefront II DICE Developer AMA.
This seems to give Trump entirely too much credit—does this look, from one clammy fib and ploy to the next, like a guy who has a plan?
Kem Sokha has rejected the charges against him, which the opposition calls a ploy to ensure Hun Sen extended over three decades in power in next year's election.
But the question remains — do they really want a DACA replacement, or is the uncertainty more useful to them as a political ploy and a powerful fundraising tool?
In the latest marketing ploy to appear hip and tech savvy, India's Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) announced it's introducing Limited Edition DIY drone boxes to hold their wings.
And he began steadily being outmaneuvered by Democrats, particularly Pelosi, whose ploy to deprive Trump of a State of the Union address dealt a preliminary blow this week.

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