So perhaps it was a cunning ruse by Downing Street to let the women take charge.
From the telegraph.co.uk
What most doting owners won't realise is that the cat is using an acoustic ruse.
From the newscientist.com
Smith responded with a fake name, a ruse to get someone inside to open the door.
From the dallasnews.com
A rather silly ruse is used to enable an assassin to track Ransom across Europe.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's a ruse to persuade husbands that their wives are quite safe in his company.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The Sheba'a Farms provide Hezbollah with a ruse to maintain warfare with Israel.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The marshal begins to suspect a ruse to cover up radical psychiatric treatments.
From the timesunion.com
She spotted my ruse and protested that she'd never been so insulted in her life.
From the independent.co.uk
Undercover officers reportedly met with Carleo, 29, on a ruse to buy the chips.
From the denverpost.com
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A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
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A trick; guile
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