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Recent Examples of Potemkin village
But behind the Potemkin village, the Khmer Rouge regime is declining and the war with Vietnam threatens to invade the country.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
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
Is the immaculate beauty of that metro station a Potemkin village glossing over the fear with which many Russians live?
—Scott Simon, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
Most of San Francisco will remain filthy, lawless and plagued with homeless encampments and drugs, and the Potemkin village will vanish after the summit.
—WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
But Horizons Worlds, which as of October reportedly had less than two hundred thousand users, is so far more like a virtual Potemkin village constructed to keep the boss happy.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2022
The $60 million headquarters, for one, was barely a Potemkin village.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
These guys taking the field now are placeholders, the Potemkin village of playoff teams.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
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
Is the immaculate beauty of that metro station a Potemkin village glossing over the fear with which many Russians live?
—Scott Simon, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
Most of San Francisco will remain filthy, lawless and plagued with homeless encampments and drugs, and the Potemkin village will vanish after the summit.
—WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
But Horizons Worlds, which as of October reportedly had less than two hundred thousand users, is so far more like a virtual Potemkin village constructed to keep the boss happy.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2022
The $60 million headquarters, for one, was barely a Potemkin village.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 22 Nov. 2022
These guys taking the field now are placeholders, the Potemkin village of playoff teams.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Potemkin village
Noun
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Don't be surprised to see a similar fig leaf get floated.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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Using them as a fig leaf to impose tariffs on all goods in contradiction to an existing trade agreement is clearly contrary to congressional intent.—
The Editors,
National Review,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The 85-inch screen will look great in your living room.—
Shubham Yewale,
PCMAG,
5 Mar. 2025
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No film has ever captivated audiences of the screen and stage quite like The Rocky Horror Picture Show.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The rest of the page displays a laundry list of what these shields involve.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
4 Mar. 2025
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When cops made their first attempt to get inside, Rivera shot at them, hitting an officer’s ballistic shield, police said.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Instead of basic blinds or stiff drapes, homeowners are gravitating toward flowing linen, woven shades and layered treatments that create an effortless sense of luxury, Denney said.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Detectives had a blurry photograph of a latent print found on a window blind where the killer had entered Schubert’s home and, with more advanced technology, were able to run it through a database to find a match, according to the district attorney.—
Yash Roy,
CNN,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Potemkin village.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Potemkin%20village. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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