Sentence examples for on the shell game from inspiring English sources

He is instead relying on the shell game of hiring civilians to do jobs that had previously been done by soldiers, and thus keeping the force strength static on paper.

"This is the first time the public has been let in on the shell game that occurs every year in April," said Mr. Rogers of the state superintendents' council.

I worked harder on the SHELL GAME paintings than anything in my entire life.

I worked harder on the SHELL GAME paintings than on anything else in my entire life.

The Jewish monetary system is a series of variations on the shell game at the county fair.

A variation on the shell game you might be familiar with where you have to pick which coin has the white symbol from the three available after the set of them get shuffled around a bit.

These rich guys are playing a fancy version of the shell game performed by hustlers on cardboard boxes on the sidewalks of New York.

The game of baseball deals in nostalgia; the business of baseball counts on collective public amnesia to keep the shell game going.

So, as a kind of corrective for those who might regard rowing as a pretty water picture, I offer a passage from Stephen Kiesling's 1982 memoir, "The Shell Game: Reflections on Rowing and the Pursuit of Excellence": With the advent of the sliding seat [in the 1870s], both the sport of rowing and the nature of sport were changed.

The Japanese answered by shifting the truck production to the U.S. The shell game still goes on.

Focusing on "entities" instead of dollars is what allows the shell game to continue.