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cabal

[kuh-bal, kuh-bawl] / kəˈbæl, kəˈbɔl /
NOUN
plot
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This is evidently what the investment cabal has done.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

The danger here goes beyond the podcast cabal and a misguided think-tank leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Not just any action movie either — the sinister leader of the cabal Gi-hun sets himself against likens his vengeance quest to the central choice in “The Matrix.”

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2024

The lawsuits generally describe their goal as the protection of free speech and open debate online, and present X as the innocent target of one cabal or another.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024

They would turn their backs on her, her mother, the policemen, her brother, and go off with Robbie Turner to indulge some adult cabal.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan