red herring in the PONS Dictionary

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He concluded that the conveyor belt theory is a red herring.
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Their habit of using the first act as a red herring, only semi-connected to the rest of the show, is ingenious and hilarious, he wrote.
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With the increased use of the idiomatic expression red herring, references to the smoked fish product in this manner declined.
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The kinsman of the deckhand injured when they arrived is a red herring.
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Six or was perhaps a big red herring.
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The red herring prospectus is so named because of a bold red warning statement printed on its front cover.
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But she also thought the apartheid comparison was a potential red herring.
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A related concept is that of the red herring, which is a deliberate attempt to divert a process of enquiry by changing the subject.
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A false protagonist is a red herring in the form of a character.
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Each plot card lists a metroplex on the back and either a creature, random encounter, or red herring on the front.
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