Sentence examples for ploys on from inspiring English sources

CRIPPLED by the terrorist attacks on September 11th and hampered by high costs, US Airways finally adopted one of the American airline industry's most popular and controversial ploys on August 11th, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

But ploys on gay marriage and stem cell research that had worked in 2004 had lost their magic and Democrats took Senate seats in both states.

He fell so deep in love with freezing that he managed in 1984 to get March declared Frozen Food Month, became chairman of the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association, and sported its penguin symbol ever afterwards, on his tie or lapel or on his socks.His marketing ploys, on a tiny budget, became legend.

The IRS has been disallowing the pre-2004 DAD ploys on other grounds, including that they're tax shams lacking economic substance.

A gutsy ploy on Hurwitz's part and one I genuinely enjoyed.

As the broadcasting change went unexplained at the time, one media outlet speculated it was a marketing ploy on the network's part, believing the episode title was "more than a stunning coincidence" and that it was a reference to co-creator J.J. Abrams' other television series, Lost.

BURYING BITTER FRUIT Rex Ryan borrowed an old motivational ploy on Wednesday morning.

Rather, it was a cynical ploy on the part of many multinational companies.

No wonder some cynical observers suspected a clever publicity ploy on the writer's behalf.

"What happened yesterday was mostly a publicity ploy on the part of the New York Oneida".

Call it a necessary sustainability plan or a cynical ploy on the part of the labels, or both.