Jeremy Lin

With all the media attention, all the love from the fans, I felt I needed to prove myself. Prove that I'm not a marketing tool, I'm not a ploy to improve attendance. Prove I can play in this league. But I've surrendered that to God. I'm not in a battle with what everybody else thinks anymore.

American Athlete

Glenn Hoddle

As England manager I always felt we needed an extra man in midfield to retain the ball, but that was more as an attacking ploy to help create opportunities. It came from my experience playing international football in a 4-4-2 and spending half my time chasing the ball.

British Athlete

Thundercat

It doesn't even feel like racism is real. It just feels like the weirdest ploy, like we're just being had on so many levels. It's even kind of funny when you think about it. A reason not to like someone is 'because you're black.' C'mon, man. How dumb is that?

American Musician

Ed O'Neill

I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like 'I like meat.' Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw.

American Actor

Barbara Olson

Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.

American Journalist

Marc Veasey

It is clear that the photo ID requirement is not a solution to a problem but is instead a political ploy to prevent traditionally disenfranchised populations from voting for the candidates of their choice.

American Politician

Hal Sparks

You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.

Kiki Dee

I realised when I sang at family parties and Christmases I'd suddenly get everyone's attention, and, being the youngest of three, I thought what a brilliant attention-seeking ploy it was.

English Musician

Cory Gardner

There's an old saying in politics: You never run the same race twice. Democrats are running the same race three, four, five times. It's an old ploy, and Coloradans see through it.

George Grosz

It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsing culture.

German Artist

Used to describe a clever method to achieve something, especially in competition or debate.

Often Tactical

May imply a degree of cunning or deceit, not always an honest move.

Possibly Deceptive

Understand the scenario to interpret if 'ploy' signifies smart tactics or underhanded tricks.

Context Driven

Refers to an activity done to entertain oneself or others, not necessarily with ulterior motives.

For Amusement

It's a tactic used to subtly engage someone's attention or interest.

Subtly Engaging

Usually harmless and not intended to deceive or manipulate.

Often Innocuous

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 you know that's not statistically significant. It's just a marketing ploy. So the next time you see one of these ads, What were people actually asked? What's gone unsaid? And what was the survey context? Hopefully, with those three questions and a little bit of skepticism,

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 got the word and he became interested and now we have zero cases clever peaceful threat remember that sometimes I got kind of angry with us but uh it works nice the man was just thrown it down you know that is that is I mean that is a great little ploy you know

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 how much money he or she will make from a given college and major. Such informed users are unlikely to fall victim to the huckster's ploy, to the sales pitch. But also to choose wisely. Why would anybody pay more for college

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 that need to change if we're going to be a better society. But there is this political ploy to try to pit police brutality and police misconduct against black-on-black violence. But it's a fiction.

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 Some animals even feign death as a sexual ploy. Male nursery spiders offer gifts of silk-wrapped insects in hopes of wooing females. But those females are known to eat love-seeking males.

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