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conspire

[kuhn-spahyuhr] / kənˈspaɪər /




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The lawsuit claimed the group of advertisers had acted against their own economic self-interest to conspire against the platform - saying this violated US antitrust laws designed to promote fair competition between companies.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch Nov. 28, 2025

"Here, it helped guide us to think about how the cell density, proliferation rate, signaling, and all these different things conspire."

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2024

"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

The trees’ “relationship with the landscape” is changing, she said, as a tiny beetle conspires with climate change to bring down the giant ambassadors.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2024

"When you commit to a journey, the universe conspires to help you," Smith told a beaming Mr Barry, citing author Paulo Coelho.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2024

Anyone who conspires cannot act alone, nor can he find companions except from amongst those whom he believes to be discontented.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

But elite club soccer and the Major League Soccer academies have conspired to kill it by prohibiting their players from participating in high school or middle school programs.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

The Iran war, soaring jet-fuel prices, and the soccer World Cup have all conspired to make domestic travel in the U.S. incredibly pricey.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

The mufti conspired with Iraqi soldiers to overthrow the pro-British Prince Regent Abd al-Ilah of Hejaz.

From The Wall Street Journal May 31, 2026

First Africa rebelled, then the Senate with the entire populace of Rome, and finally all of Italy conspired against him.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

A Ukrainian man accused of conspiring to set fire to a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer has told a court that he refused to film the attack despite an alleged accomplice "begging" him to.

From BBC May 27, 2026

Its owner, Su Bin, was arrested in 2014 and pleaded guilty two years later to U.S. charges of conspiring to steal data for China from American defense contractors.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

Peters, 70, was convicted on multiple criminal counts, four of them felonies, for conspiring to let an unauthorized person access supposedly compromised voting equipment.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

The Quintanas were each sentenced in February 2024 in Miami’s federal court to serve 57 months in prison after pleading guilty to failing to make customs declarations and conspiring against the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

The perfumed seneschal could well be part of this, trying to lure him into a secret meeting so he could sweep up him and Skahaz both and charge them with conspiring against the king.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin




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