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a smoke screen
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of a smoke screen in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of a smoke screen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of a smoke screen in a Sentence
The civilian death toll weve uncovered in just a handful of strikes suggests the shroud of secrecy surrounding the U.S. role in Somalias war is actually a smoke screen for impunity.
After the Pence announcement, I think the question is - is Trump really moderate on gay rights issues? It seems more likely his rhetoric has been a smoke screen, there's no substance behind it. By picking Pence, Trump is signaling his administration may not be any friendlier to the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community.
For a British home secretary to accuse and castigate ordinary people when the facts of this incident are not yet even known is shocking and disturbing, this is not simply a careless, off-the-cuff emotional response. It is a misleading, opportunistic smoke screen concocted to deflect attention from the multiple warnings Clare Mosley has had about what was clearly going to happen at Napier Barracks.
The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.
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