| Edith enters into the ruse not just because she likes him, but because it improves her social status. |
| Was it a ruse to allow reporters short on subject matter to fill the pages dedicated to the European Championship? |
| It isn't and the claimed hypothecating of traffic fines revenue is just a political ruse. |
| A stand off in the Black Sea with Turkey is so much part and parcel of most openings that it can easily be dismissed as a ruse to deceive. |
| A last-minute offer may be a ruse or a bluff, but I'm the guy who ought to make that call. |
| But in fact, the words, symbolism and ideology were a ruse for grasping and holding onto power. |
