Sentence examples for on a ploy from inspiring English sources

Then the detective hit on a ploy and pretended to call the hospital.

Letting them turn a profit on a ploy to immiserate working people and strip them of democratic power sends a pretty strong signal, too.

In May, Huang was found guilty of four counts of healthcare fraud at the conclusion of a two-week trial that centered on a ploy to defraud the government of $8.8 million by making it pay for hospice-related services.

It now seems that this rendezvous, on January 23, was a ploy to secure his seizure.

It is clear that targeting Christian children on Easter is a ploy to test the ruling party's resolve.

Placing ads with cornfields sparkling in the sun and families gathered around the breakfast table enjoying cornflakes while a contented mother looks on is simply a ploy to pull the wool over our eyes.

She also linked to a page that would let fans watch the single's music video 150 times in a row (on a playlist) in a ploy to get the song higher on Billboard's music chart, which now counts video views in its ranking system.

Suck on a Penny -- A ploy for foiling alcohol breath tests.

Sullivan's book does little to challenge the general impression that this was anything other than a ploy on Jackson's part to distract the public from his P.R. implosion.

Blackpool supporters threw numerous tennis balls and tangerines on to the pitch – a ploy used by Seville fans a few years ago – which delayed the contest by several minutes.

A lot of his colleagues said it was a ploy on his part, because he thought the more liberal the bill, the more likely it would be defeated, and that would put an end to it.