conspire

In popular usage, it assumes the thing signified must be false, whereas people do conspire, and it is reasonable to devise theories about their schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

“All of these things are going to conspire to keep what we call the uncertainty index elevated,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

A statement released by South Korea's National Police Agency revealed that the four suspects operated independently of one another, and did not conspire together.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

Circumstances can conspire against us, but there should be room for improvement.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

"I know some of these names. These are rich men. Traders, merchants, craftsmen. Why should they conspire against us?"

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Kovalchuk publicly praised the 1968 Soviet movie “Dead Season,” in which the CIA conspires with former Nazi doctors to control humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

And year after year, the calendar conspires to help them.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2025

It’s like if you want something bad enough, the universe conspires to make it happen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024

“Office Space” falls apart in its third act when the trio clumsily conspires to rip off Initech.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024

I try to remain calm, but the body conspires against that, tries to drown me in distortion.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

Shortly before this, during an all-staff call, Benzies alleged "internal and external" forces had conspired to hinder MindsEye's release, and vowed to root out "saboteurs" within the company.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

In that attack, hundreds of OpenAI’s AI bots had conspired to hack Hugging Face without anyone initially noticing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

However, long before that, circumstances conspired to give him the opportunity to represent the US.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

All that has conspired to produce a World Cup that is struggling to catch on with the public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Cora told Caesar that on seeing the chains, she feared Fletcher had conspired with Terrance from the very beginning and that they had been conveyed to a chamber of horrors.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

ADM went on to plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices and set sales volumes on two products it sold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Ukrainian national Lavrynovych, and Ukrainian-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, have now been convicted at the Old Bailey of conspiring to target property and a car connected to the UK prime minister.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Sanberg pleaded guilty in October to federal charges of conspiring to bilk investors out of $248 million for portraying the now-defunct Aspiration as a “socially-conscious and sustainable banking services and investment products” firm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

A former federal health official has been indicted on charges of conspiring to conceal records from the public in connection with Covid-19 research grants, the Justice Department said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

That was a relief to the public...and also to Arthur and Conkling, who had been accused in the press of conspiring with him.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow