Later, perhaps, if it suited him, he would allow his brilliant tactical ploy to be discovered.

We will discuss his Excellency's brilliant diplomatic ploy at greater length in the following chapter.

Was this Roman brashness the height of idiocy, or some brilliant ploy?

I wish I could present what follows in this narrative as a brilliant and successful ploy on my part, but really it wasn't.

"It's a satanically brilliant ploy to open a new front in an old war."

This is such a mind- meldingly brilliant ploy it's a wonder no one ever thought of it before.

This could prove either a brilliant ploy or a paralyzing blunder.

It was a brilliant ploy on the part of Gowron.

Maybe talking shop wasn't such a brilliant ploy after all, he chided himself.

I asked, still extremely unhappy with their brilliant ploy.