Sentence examples for common ruse from inspiring English sources

This is a common ruse.

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It was a common ruse at the time, one of several that electoral officials used to deprive black people of the vote.

New global accounting rules announced in May seek to curb one common ruse, booking sales prematurely, for instance on long-term contracts.

Shouting out support for "Manchester United" or "Liverpool" is a common ruse used by tourist touts in Thailand to start a conversation with British holidaymakers – before luring them into a souvenir shop.

The police said it appeared he and a Mexican friend had fallen for a common ruse: women offering company, cheap drinks or both who lure unsuspecting visitors to a dive bar near the plaza.

Mascherano went down injured, perhaps in a bid to slow down the rhythm of the match, a common enough ruse of away sides at altitude.

The most common and effective ruse nowadays, according to advocates for immigrants, is to promise to provide a work permit for $2,000.

One common money-making ruse she identifies is suppliers being fined £10 a unit – regardless of what that unit is or what it costs – when they cannot provide goods above and beyond the amount contracted each week.

Now researchers have puzzled out the molecular ruse that allows the most common of these viruses--herpes simplex virus-1 or HSV-1--to remain undetected for years.

But he said it was "common ground" that as a matter of law the "ruse was ineffective".