Moon Seong Mook, an analyst for the Seoul-based Korea Research Institute for National Strategy, said North Korea could use the South Korea-US drills as a pretext to resume testing activities.

Source: https://jerseyeveningpost.com/morenews/worldnews/2023/05/25/south-korean-and-us-troops-hold-live-fire-drills-near-border-with-north-korea/

Tensions are likely to be prolonged as the allies continue their drills and the North uses them as a pretext to ramp up weapons development and intensify drills involving nuclear-capable missiles.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/11/kim-jong-un-places-his-hand-on-a-nuclear-warhead-during-inspection-18589110/

The junta has been using prison transfers in recent months as a pretext for interrogating, torturing and killing political prisoners, the AAPP said in a statement on Monday, citing the disappearance of 37 political prisoners on June 27 as one example.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-condemned-for-using-prison-transfers-as-a-pretext-for-murder.html

The Labour team accused the federal government of using the meetings as a pretext to deceive Nigerians, claiming that government officials, who are members of the subcommittees were no where to be found.

Source: https://leadership.ng/labour-walks-out-of-meeting-with-govt-over-lack-of-quorum/

With that as a pretext, the Conservatives have decided to go all-in on a fight against the Liberal government's latest budget bill.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wildfires-parliament-poilievre-trudeau-analysis-wherry-1.6867609?cmp=rss