Trojan horse

noun

Definition of Trojan horsenext
as in Potemkin village

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  1. Potemkin village
  2. fig leaf
  3. shield
  4. screen
  5. blind
Noun
  • The resort reproduces an ancient Apulian town and farmhouse in a project that some locals have likened to a Mediterranean Potemkin village.
    Emma Bubola, New York Times, 11 June 2024
  • The fake blood, the cars on rails, the Potemkin villages, not to mention the computer graphics, the herds and armies and tempests that exist only in code.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024
Definition of Potemkin village
Noun
  • These gestures have been welcomed by Western governments, though many experts discount them as a fig leaf.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2024
  • To put it another way, the technology shouldn’t be employed as a fig leaf for fashion to keep churning out ever-increasing quantities of synthetics.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of fig leaf
Noun
  • The company is seeking to dismiss the lawsuit on several grounds, including that the state is attempting to mandate age verification and parental controls that violate the First Amendment and that the legal liability shield Section 230 should block the suit.
    Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 22 Nov. 2024
  • These humming, holographic-looking Holtzman shields appear very similar to the ones used by Paul Atreides (Chalamet), Warmaster Gurney Halleck (Josh Brolin) and Swordmaster Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa) in the first of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of shield
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  • After Locarno, Drowning Dry went on to screen at Busan, Viennale, São Paulo, Stockholm, and Tallinn Black Nights.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The venue will also include a sports bar with three large screens that will serve elevated bar food like pizza, burgers and flatbreads.
    Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of screen
Noun
  • McCauley’s opening statement speaks to the ways fandom allows celebrities like Aaron to get away with all sorts of stuff; money insulates them from consequences, and adoration blinds people from seeing the truth.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Open the curtains: Curtains and blinds can hold humidity against windows and prevent proper air circulation, causing condensation.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
Definition of blind
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