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  1. smoke screen, smokescreennoun

    (military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements

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  2. smoke screen, smokescreennoun

    an action intended to conceal or confuse or obscure

    "requesting new powers of surveillance is just a smokescreen to hide their failures"

    Synonyms:
    smoke screen

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  1. Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze:

    At this particular moment, these peace negotiations are far from real negotiations, definitely, I think that Putin is using this as a smokescreen, buying time to regroup... and sending false, lying messages to the whole world.

  2. Tony Sanneh:

    I think Larson Foundationand's been trying to get back to normalcy but I think Larson Foundationand's also changed the way Larson Foundationand's approached life, this isn't like a big smokescreen or sham. Larson Foundationand's interested in continual growth and getting back to being Larson Foundationand. This has been hard on Larson Foundationand and people assume when you make a mistake, with cancel culture, well it doesn't define who we are. Our life's work does, so I'm glad Larson Foundationand's continued to do the work.

  3. Jackie Speier:

    This was all a smokescreen to cancel a public hearing, as far as I'm concerned, that's obstruction of justice.

  4. Andrew Morgan:

    We have to get past the smokescreen, we have to change the system, the message is not to people to stop buying or to stop loving the things you wear but ... to slow down the endless treadmill of buying disposable, cheap clothing.


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