Sentence examples for devious tactics from inspiring English sources

"The Pacific Maritime Association has been using devious tactics," Mr. Ragland said of the group that represents the shipping lines and terminal operators.

Insurgent bombmakers, whose roadside explosives claimed the lives of six more American soldiers this weekend, have adopted new and grimly devious tactics, military officers said Sunday.

Eric Schneiderman contends that the bank was using devious tactics to lure unwary investors into a private trading pool full of sharks, aka aggressive high-frequency traders.

When we were younger, I sometimes reverted to more devious tactics, and once, for example, neglected to wait for him to get out of the way before striking a 3-wood in the direction of his left buttock.

First, he used devious tactics to ensure that his Democratic Party won a summer general election that it would probably have won anyway; in the au tumn, it won local elections by fairer means.

Because when the Choose Suffolk tourism website launched a rather Partridge-esque poll to find the county's greatest icon last year, they reckoned without the devious tactics of music's most obsessive fans.

"This isn't a devious tactic by any stretch.

But the vice president may have hit on a devious tactic used by his old boss Richard Nixon.

Legislation that would end a devious tactic used by some pharmaceutical companies to delay the introduction of cheaper generic drugs squeaked by a Senate panel recently.

Before heading home for a weeklong recess, the House of Representatives passed a bill on July 1 that would crack down on a devious tactic used by some pharmaceutical companies.

The Federal Trade Commission has been battling for years to end a devious tactic used by some drug companies to pay competitors to delay putting cheaper generic versions of their brand-name drugs on the market.