Sentence examples for diversion tactic from inspiring English sources

Nick Johnson, formerly of the sparky property company Urban Splash, says the northern powerhouse "is a brand, not driven by content, a diversion tactic designed to placate the people and the politicians of the north".

"When people are questioning whether the company can remain solvent, this is just a diversion tactic," says an analyst who asks to go unnamed.

Pointing the finger of blame at technology companies' use of encryption is a trivial diversion tactic to detract from wider political and intelligence failures with much more complex origins.

Now that the dust has settled around the deal it's clear that Twitter's landmark acquisition of global NFL broadcast rights finally puts that statement to bed as merely a diversion tactic.

The four say that KI has embarked on a "diversion tactic" whose purpose is "to provide KI, under the leadership of Prof Hamsten, with an air of plausible deniability to the images revealed in the documentary".

Viagogo's action, filed with a court in Germany, was "a diversion tactic" over the tickets seller's refusal to attend a commons select committee earlier this week, Mr Galbraith told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme.

Rather than training principals to interrogate, schools should focus on non-punitive approaches like in-school behavior modification, mentorship, and diversion tactics.

Others use more obvious diversion tactics, either changing the subject – "why didn't you talk about this incident from eight years ago" – or by making false comparisons – "why don't you care about real gender discrimination, like women suffering in the Middle East".

Websites like Infowars are calling the chemical attack that drew United States fire a "false flag" operation, while liberal blogs have pointed to the strike as evidence of "wag the dog" diversion tactics.

Try these diversion tactics if the conversation gets a little rocky.

In the streets, it's one of the sweetest, most effective diversion tactics ever used to move on enemies.