Sentence examples for a cunning ploy from inspiring English sources

I understand the archery is to be held at Lord's and I'm wondering whether this is a cunning ploy to boost our medal tally.

Less charitable reactions could be found on the Internet, which quickly sprouted jokes that cast President Clinton's actions as a cunning ploy.

But with Spector suffering severe memory loss – unless it's a cunning ploy, of course – how the case will proceed is thrown into doubt.

Cormann also declared after the vote that Labor had perpetrated a "cunning ploy" and would wear the backpacker tax issue like a "rose of crowns".

Prudish medieval Christians despised his detailed advice on the ins and outs of sex as "a cunning ploy to win converts", which undermine their own faith's fixation on virginity, chastity and monogamy.

This theory is nowhere as bonkers as the one doing the rounds saying Cooper's selection is a cunning ploy to distract attention away from All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw becoming the most capped rugby player in history.

It was a cunning stratagem!

Instead of near daily threats of nuclear annihilation for the "nest of evil" in the United States and promises to "press the button," the North in recent days has grumbled over a "crafty ploy" and "cunning trick" by America and its allies to strip the North of its nuclear arsenal.

That it was released under the guise of a Swedish band, with the pair's identities concealed, was less a cunning marketing ploy to entice fans with the mystery, than that they had no intention of pursuing it.

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.

Does Davis think people are affected by this uniquely cunning ploy?