three-card montes

Definition of three-card montesnext
plural of three-card monte
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Noun
  • Sometimes the batteries on the trackers would run low, and McGovern’s team would need to remove and recharge the devices, before surreptitiously replacing them.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
  • In 2021, a critical vulnerability in Log4j—a logging library maintained by a handful of volunteers—exposed hundreds of millions of devices.
    Evan Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There are some other fun stats in there, including a ranking of the game's most popular stratagems.
    Ian Stokes, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Rather than focusing on the conspiracy theories Jones espoused, the new InfoWars will build its comedic base off a spoof of the old site’s predatory snake oil rackets.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Computer keyboards, lipstick, tennis rackets, pajamas, soft contact lenses, detergent, chewing gum, shoes, crayons, shaving cream, pillows, aspirin, dentures, tape, umbrellas and nylon guitar strings are just a few of them.
    Anne D’Innocenzio, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • As three sides of Rochdale’s Spotland stadium sang and danced jigs of delight following Dieseruvwe’s opener, York launched one last attack, in desperate hope of keeping their promotion dream alive.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Other anglers prefer tube jigs or a jig with a tiny minnow impaled through its dorsal fin.
    Cory Schmidt, Outdoor Life, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Three-card montes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/three-card%20montes. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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