| 单词 | skullduggery |
| 例句 | It’ll be another year at least until the next season of “Game of Thrones,” a wait that will leave some viewers with an unaddressed hankering for skullduggery, intrigues and gore, medieval style. Craving more “Game of Thrones”? Read this book now 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z It all adds up to a disarmingly personable account of an environment that, to many liberals, has come to represent the depths of machiavellian skullduggery; less "Gotcha" than "Boy, are they in for a surprise". Nixon's White House – caught on Super 8 2013-06-13T15:00:01Z It's an exciting story of espionage and skullduggery, but more than that it's a story about identity and choice. Charlie Fletcher's top 10 adventure classics 2012-12-19T17:01:21Z Along the way, he and his trusty manservant Passepartout face bandits, storms and skullduggery, and must save a princess from certain death. This week's new theatre 2013-04-20T05:00:22Z The musicians’ skullduggery, in four movements, sends them to a hospital where a patient with a resonant belly and his medical equipment become their instruments. Movie Review: ?Sound of Noise,? From Sweden 2012-03-09T01:06:14Z It’s a narrative of political skullduggery and sexual betrayal, of racial conflict and criminal turf wars. Steve McQueen on “Widows”: “It is an emotional awakening for these women” 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z The book exposes how easily a mix of good intentions, self-delusions, and minor sins can escalate into the kind of skullduggery that might prompt an F.B.I. sting. How a Novel Can Unmake the Myth of Meritocracy 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z After assaying New York detectives and high-tech skullduggery in 1904’s “The Gates of Chance,” he attempted and then abandoned a drama in blank verse. The 1906 Novel That Imagined Present-Day New York 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Another problem is the sheer scope of the skullduggery under examination. | 'Casino Jack and the United States of Money': Alex Gibney?s Documentary About Jack Abramoff 2010-05-06T22:58:00Z The first episode of series five was shown to the press on Thursday, and contained the usual mix of secrets. schemes, seduction and skullduggery. Less misery for new Downton Abbey 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z And it's vulnerable, because you know there's some skullduggery involved, and a little bit of wishful thinking about what the lyrics might be suggesting. From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band's open-hearted new album 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Winners are determined by a set standard of popularity measurements -- think all the fan frenzy of the American Music Awards mixed with all the skullduggery of Grammy voting. Taylor Swift, Sam Smith lead Billboard Music Awards nominations 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Set in post-9/11 West Africa, this high-suspense tale offers a more convincing portrait of amoral intelligence agents and the havoc they wreak than almost any journalistic account of Third World skullduggery. The top 50 fiction books for 2014 He is fresh off one about how the Trump administration’s shenanigans, skullduggery and subterfuge — “The three S’s!” as he repeatedly exclaims — will bring about the end of democracy as we know it. Spike Lee’s movie about a black cop infiltrating the KKK is a subtweet of Donald Trump 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Or you could scratch that sword and skullduggery itch by immersing yourself in a bloody tale of warring kings and odysseys to far-off lands. Got Game of Thrones withdrawal syndrome? Try Vikings 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z To challenge that French postcolonial imperium built by cunning, corruption and covert skullduggery, Moscow needed an operative who could match Jacques Foccart’s legendary mastery of the dirty business of empire, measure for measure. Moscow's man in Africa: Yevgeny Prigozhin and the collapse of the French empire 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The duke’s lawyer has argued that an exception should be applied because publishers actively concealed the skullduggery. The trials of Prince Harry: 1st phone hacking case to begin 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The skullduggery at the plant in the north-central state of San Luis Potosi illustrated the uphill battle Mexican workers face in unseating old-guard unions that once kept wages low and enjoyed government protection. Goodyear plant in Mexico votes to throw out old-guard union 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z His character, a lute-playing bard condemned to a tundra prison for “grand larceny and skullduggery,” stands before a clemency council, promising his jailers he’s reformed. New ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ movie rolls the dice for Hollywood franchise redemption 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z And that's just the start, as a serious accident starts the crew wondering if some skullduggery might be afoot. TV lookahead: 23 highlights to look out for in 2023 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z Darker skullduggery is at work among other creatures of the night. Which new vampire show is right for you this spooky season? Our critic weighs in 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Carlsen’s accusations shook the chess world, but they were nothing new: Chess has long been a game rife with allegations of chicanery and skullduggery. In chess, a long history of cheating, chicanery and Cold War shenanigans 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z And distorting the profession in this way could attract people more interested in political skullduggery than in child welfare, while driving dedicated professionals out of the system. Opinion | Ron DeSantis’s drag show comments foretell a vile trend 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The state Republican Party called the tactic “dirty tricks” and the nonpartisan California Target Book, which tracks campaigns, labeled it “skullduggery” while noting that it has become a common and legal means of candidate-shopping. 3 challengers square off in California attorney general race 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z The problem is that the letter of the law is no guarantee against skullduggery on the high seas, notes David Concannon, a maritime attorney and deep-sea explorer. The Navy Extracted a Jet Fighter from 12,400 Feet below the South China Sea 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z “It’s all a matter of supply and demand, but alleging corporate skullduggery makes for political theater,” Mr. Lewis said. Biden administration probe of supply chain woes slammed as ‘demagoguery’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Raised by rope, flames engulfing her sights, a priest holds a puritan porcelain doll taunting the familiar promise of a story involving wrongfully accused witches and judicial skullduggery — an early narrative fakeout. Review: The gothic terror and limited scares of 'The Unholy' bog down in tired tropes 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z What we need now to rid ourselves of the stench of Trumpist skullduggery is a metaphorical opening of all the windows in the White House. Biden's incoming press secretary needs to throw open the White House windows 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z “The Cold Millions” doesn’t romanticize what successes the Wobblies might have achieved in the face of lawyers, wealthy businessmen and assorted skullduggery. How Jess Walter went from Hollywood satirist to Steinbeck's modern heir 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The House Speaker clarified comments she made last month, arguing that the former Vice President should cancel his three scheduled debates with Trump because the commander-in-chief would “belittle” the forum and engage in “skullduggery.” Pelosi on if Biden should debate Trump again: 'One and done' 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z As Johnson indicated, skullduggery and US elections have gone hand in hand long before Trump came along. 'Our democracy is deeply imperiled': how democratic norms are under threat ahead of the US election 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z She says, “Let that be a conversation with the American people. Not an exercise in skullduggery.” The Latest: Trump to go after Biden in acceptance speech 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “I think he will also belittle what the debates are supposed to be about. And they’re not supposed to be about skullduggery,” she added. Nancy Pelosi says Biden shouldn’t debate Trump: ‘I wouldn’t legitimize a conversation with him’ 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Through skullduggery, trickery, foreign interference and other means, Trump is likely to win — assuming there even is an election and that he leaves the White House when he is defeated. Investigative journalist Greg Palast: Here's how Trump will steal the 2020 election 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z The Johnson and Kennedy administrations and their political tactics were often just as rotten as Nixon’s skullduggery. ‘Pulling a President Ford’ 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z Back in 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court plunged a knife into the heart of a bit of political skullduggery known as “gerrymandering.” Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Human nature being what it is, skullduggery and inside deals will always be facts of political life. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z One source with knowledge of the investigation said there was "no skullduggery." Reporter's Notebook: Trump, Cummings, Pelosi and the Battle of Baltimore 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z His defenders argue that he has done more good than harm, not only rescuing defectors but uncovering financial skullduggery by Pyongyang. U.S. pursues Californian wanted in bizarre takeover of North Korean Embassy in Spain 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z I have never argued that some degree of unseen skullduggery did not happen. Robert Mueller, the media and the "Russia skeptics": Who's right? As usual, probably no one 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z There’s a lot of skullduggery to talk about. Salon contributor Paul Rosenberg: GOP "developing new ways to subvert public will" 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z Republican leadership derailed their previous bipartisan effort two weeks ago through procedural skullduggery while dozens of Representatives were not even back in town from recess. Congress is finally pushing the US to withdraw from Yemen. It's about time | Mark Weisbrot 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But North Dakota Republicans didn't anticipate what a massive backlash there would be to their skullduggery. Republican sponsors law disenfranchising Native Americans voters, loses to a Native American 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z That was, of course, before 1972, when things went south and “Watergate” became shorthand for skullduggery. Review | At the Watergate, scandals, stars and leaky windows 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z By delaying his big league debut, the Braves push back Acuna’s eligibility for free agency by a full year - the same sort of contractual skullduggery that the Chicago Cubs pulled on Kris Bryant. Phillies eager for opening day, Braves hopes on hold 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z If you don’t like the geo-social-eco-political consequences of fossil fuels, fracking, mining, quarrying, bottom-trawling, deforesting and general skullduggery, then stand up to the industrial system that demands them. My advice after a year without tech: rewild yourself | Mark Boyle 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z But now, after two decades of behind-the-scenes service to the cause of clean sport, Berlinger bottles are joining the list of victims of Russian skullduggery. Column: Another victim of Russian doping bites the dust 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Steele said he quickly found such skullduggery. Christopher Steele described Trump-Russia dossier to ‘Collusion’ author 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z Former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile’s new book reveals skullduggery and underhanded dealings within a political party. This hardly seems shocking. Opinion | These two scandals aren’t remotely equivalent 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z In March, a mayor for the Green Party, a PRI ally, was arrested in Chiapas for a stunning bit of political skullduggery. Mexico’s ruling party, others caught in old tricks 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z As for Napolitano’s account of British skullduggery, the president praised the former New Jersey judge. From the Internet to Trump's Twitter feed, how a phony conspiracy theory caught fire 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z If rumours about the US president’s fairway gamesmanship are to be believed, Abe is likely to turn a blind eye to any skullduggery on the links in Florida this weekend. Golf diplomacy: Japan's Abe hopes for strokes of genius to seal Trump trade pact 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z "Our position was always that there's no backroom, sneaky skullduggery going on in these things," he said. Court tosses California law that barred grand juries from investigating police shootings 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z The alternative is a continuing miasma of speculation and political skullduggery, which would be bad for everyone. The released report on Russian meddling isn’t enough 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z In 2005, they found their man: Stephen Johnson, a career bureaucrat who was also a willing conduit for whatever skullduggery the Bush administration and its industry benefactors wanted to pull. Donald Trump’s poisoned planet: The Bush-era EPA set back climate-change progress by decades — this could be worse 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z And there is almost nothing about the skullduggery of modern campaigning. Bernie Sanders’s wistful, wonkish indictment of the press 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Do we really need the dirty tricks and political skullduggery that belief in the pure evil of opacity seems to be evoking? The Downside of Transparency 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z American history is hardly lacking in examples of real voter manipulation and electoral skullduggery, especially in the segregation-era deep south. From Bush v Gore to Donald Trump, the history of 'rigged' US elections 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z She had remembered the quote, correctly, as a reference to the movie “Lincoln,” which at the time had inspired plenty of punditry about how presidential skullduggery was under-rated. Clinton got all the questions the GOP wanted her to answer. But to what end? 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z There's no point pretending skullduggery doesn't happen on the pitch. James Haskell column: Rugby is aggressive - but there are clear limits 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Kickbacks, corruption, disdain for the people they are meant to serve, political skullduggery. There's a Dark History Behind the Glittering Olympic Games 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z And in the other, an exhibition of Game of Thrones-like skullduggery. Inside the Week That Broke British Politics 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z You name the subject: organized crime, White House skullduggery, foreign policy misadventures, communists in government, assassinations of a president or civil rights icon, shady Arkansas land deals or campaign finance irregularities. The Survivor 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Sadly, the primary shenanigans is only one tune from the Democrats double album of skullduggery. The problems run deep: Bernie’s movement and ideas can’t fix what ails the Democratic Party 2016-06-18T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton has dismissed many of those as evidence of Republican political skullduggery. Virginia governor joins friend Hillary Clinton under an unwelcome FBI spotlight 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Mastering and manipulating the dark arts of convention skullduggery became ingrained in the American right’s DNA. The convention that could have been: Mourning the Trump/Cruz open convention we’ll never have 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z After the first round of voting, more and more delegates will be freed to vote as they choose – and the wining, scheming and skullduggery to lure delegates has already begun. The splinter is coming: the Republican race is a real life Game of Thrones plot 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z The emphasis is not on action but rather skullduggery and character relationships, which is as it should be. 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' Review: Superman And The Lone Ranger Save The World In Style 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z Varoufakis, who once proposed wiring up tourists in a bid to clamp down on tax evasion, denounced media accounts of skullduggery as far-fetched. Greece crisis: Yanis Varoufakis admits 'contingency plan' for euro exit 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Voters typically don’t take well to recalls that aren’t a reaction to outright skullduggery and corruption. Walker, Kasich and the GOP’s Midwest bracket 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z “We know that Democrats like skullduggery in Virginia,” said Morton Blackwell, Virginia’s GOP national committeeman. Va. GOP to decide: Convention or primary to choose a 2016 candidate? 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z "There's plenty of cheating and skullduggery and trying to take advantage of a situation," he said. Cheating ingrained in baseball long before alleged Cardinals hack 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Narconon officials deny accusations of skullduggery, but people organizing against the drug treatment program are worried that their online conversations are being monitored. A clash over Scientology as vote looms on a proposed church-backed drug rehab near Camp David 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z This is where further skullduggery is needed to assess the overall experience of the manager. Does Obama's Endorsement Of A Fiduciary Standard Change The Wall St. Status Quo? 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Quinn said at the time he was unaware of any skullduggery. Court monitor says IDOT should clean house on hiring rules 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z While on this occasion there was little serious suggestion that there was something truly askew, Fiorentina fans didn’t exactly take the whole thing in their stride, convinced that some sort of skullduggery had taken place. The Joy of Six: unpopular transfers 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Instead there's an angry bearded man showing off a runny baked Alaska in a kitchen bin, some poor WI woman besieged by Twitter trolls, and accusations of mischievous editing and skullduggery. Haven't had a baby? That's you written off, then 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Niccolo Machiavelli’s tome, The Prince, written against a backdrop of 16th century Florentine politics, serves as lesson in statecraft with lessons in manipulation, skullduggery and extortion. What Can Leaders Gain By Acting Like Politicians? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z It is that tawdry image of skullduggery in high places that is likely to linger in voters’ minds until the elections take place next year. Secret Tapes in Polish ‘Waitergate’ Scandal Could Cost Warsaw’s Government a Key European Commission Post Roy’s characteristic pose was whispering conspiratorially to someone with his hand over his mouth, lest he be overheard plotting some piece of skullduggery. If John Gotti Was The 'Teflon Don', Then Roy Cohn Was The 'Teflon Rogue' 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Quinn shortly after the Court heard oral arguments back in January and wondered whether the Court would find an excuse to turn a blind eye to the nasty skullduggery that was going on. Hobby Lobby And Harris v. Quinn -- A Pretty Good Day For The First Amendment 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Americans watch “House of Cards” and see it as a dramatic-license version of capital intrigue, manipulation and skullduggery. An infatuation with ‘House of Cards’ The government’s solution to all this skullduggery is more intense government oversight. GM's Attempt To Snuff Out Smoking-Gun Memos Breeds Its Own Smoking-Gun Memo 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Raptors players and coaching staff avoided any suggestion of league skullduggery but the underdog mentality hung over the arena. Youth served as DeRozan leads 'Northern Uprising' 2014-04-23T03:59:41Z He did not seem upset by this bit of kitchen skullduggery. U.S. Ski Teams Can Now Order In 2014-02-08T17:22:54Z But it's not just the low-level skullduggery of free holidays and undeclared donations that continues to blight politics. Politics Weekly podcast: Ed Miliband plans welfare cap 2013-06-06T14:01:22Z Despite Pfeiffer’s claim of political skullduggery, we see little evidence that much was at play here besides imprecise wordsmithing or editing errors by journalists. The White House claim of ‘doctored e-mails... to smear the president’ 2013-05-21T10:00:00Z Dishonored: could be a violent, uncompromising revenge movie One of the surprise hits of last year brought us the skewed-reality setting of Dunwall, a swarming den of skullduggery, murder and intrigue. Dead Space movie: which film-makers should adapt video games? 2013-05-15T09:49:03Z It is the opposite of the darkness that allows all kinds of skullduggery to flourish. Is JPMorgan Too Big & Complex To Manage? 2013-03-21T15:06:56Z The irony of the prospect of Armstrong turning States Evidence on others, with accusations of skullduggery, will be lost on no one who has watched his progress over the years. The irony of Lance Armstrong the whistleblower will be lost on no one 2013-01-15T18:02:28Z The subsequent trial riveted Scotland, with its lurid allegations about sex clubs and tabloid skullduggery. Western nations expel Syrian envoys over massacre 2012-05-30T15:30:00Z Gleick has failed in his attempt to expose 'skullduggery' and very quickly at that. Confessions of a climate gate-opener 2012-02-22T13:24:36Z Its location on the Gulf of Aden and its potential as a base for militant Islam make it an ideal arena for proxy wars, influence-peddling and diplomatic skullduggery. Troubled Ethiopia-Somalia history haunts Horn of Africa 2011-12-28T11:42:40Z No such skullduggery required this weekend against Boston College. No tricks needed for Notre Dame's Te'o to play Saturday 2011-11-17T15:55:00Z The Brewers would never be a party to any skullduggery.” In Brewers? Sausage Race, They?re All Wieners 2011-10-10T20:54:05Z The phone-hacking scandal that is mushrooming in Britain, with arrests, skullduggery and influence peddling, would be a delicious story for The News of the World if it were not about the newspaper itself. The Media Equation: A Tabloid Shame, Exposed by Earnest Rivals 2011-07-11T02:07:22Z Hardly a week passes without the revelation of some financial skullduggery. DealBook: The Curious Case of Nelson Obus 2011-06-04T19:03:40Z Line: Raiders by 6 1/2 Conspiratorial skullduggery didn’t die in Denver when Josh McDaniels was fired. The Fifth Down: Week 15 N.F.L. Matchups 2010-12-17T15:00:39Z Four years later, when political skullduggery brought disgrace to the Nixon White House, Mr. Moynihan questioned his own political instincts and judgment. City Room: Floccinaucinihilipilificationism: A Word as Big as the Man 2010-10-13T14:42:00Z Nonchalant Cheating Ask any Chinese student about academic skullduggery and the response is startlingly nonchalant. Rampant Fraud Threatens China?s Brisk Ascent 2010-10-07T00:41:00Z Hardly the kind of numbers that would entice coaches to call for such skullduggery very often. Element of surprise key to onside kicks 2010-09-06T20:42:00Z One source of bitterness revolved around accusations of skullduggery over the union’s response last year to the city’s effort to have S.E.I.U. members give up a 3.75 percent raise that had been promised for years. Union Election Further Complicates a Tangled City Budget 2010-02-26T03:39:00Z We utilize persuasion, skullduggery, and even force to subvert their institutions, to destroy their present culture. Black Man's Burden He would be cagey enough to stay ignorant of any overt strife or any other skullduggery that could be laid at his door. Highways in Hiding Naturally, he knew far more about computer-intrusion and digital skullduggery than any previously published cyberpunk author. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier I tell you the hull world's full of skullduggery. Flowing Gold "Very likely he's up to some skullduggery, sir," Matt opined. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley |
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