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But the sport’s actual heartland, where engineers concoct the most sophisticated machines in motor sports, could hardly be farther from superyachts and velvet ropes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

It’s almost possible to concoct a silver lining from this dreadful situation, but only by focusing on short-term electoral politics in the most bloodless and instrumental fashion.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

Rather, he’s using a shoestring budget to concoct left-of-center sights that feel like a peek into a specific Los Angeles netherworld.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026

Kristin Hanggi directs the production, which stars Laura Bell Bundy and Kara Lindsay as friends who concoct impressive résumés to wow former classmates at their high-school reunion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

I thought about the most nourishing liquids I could concoct.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

In “Bel Canto,” Patchett concocts an almost fantastical scenario: What would happen if in the course of a months-long hostage crisis, the militants and civilians broke bread and sought comfort in each other?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

She concocts a fantasy, one that Arthur deludes himself into believing.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024

In 2002, Judge Zagel published “Money to Burn,” a novel about a federal judge who concocts a daring robbery of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

Each weekday, your host, Ray Hamel, concocts a challenging set of unique questions on a specific topic.

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2023

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Uefa insists that the plan was concocted without the knowledge of them or other key stakeholders in football, and that it had been long in development.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

But John believes all of it to be an elaborate publicity stunt concocted by Arcane — or, at least, that’s what he tells himself.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

The original Monticello was a thoroughly conventional house, a gentleman-amateur’s effort diligently concocted out of the standard pattern-books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

The siblings concocted complex lineages and histories for their countries, writing Angrian and Gondalian tales and verse in tiny homemade books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

I don’t know why, but when my mind and his mind concocted our cover story, we left a hole in it.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

Parents who have watched their children cycle through different hobbies, whether it’s crafting friendship bracelets or concocting homemade slime, will recognize the single-minded fervor that has overtaken the students of Class 203.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

“I was just concocting like a lot of different sugary meals and eating it every day, and then going back home and making all these songs that have blown up,” Todd said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

The BBC has seen the police tapes for the first time, showing Alex concocting a fake story about his mother and grandfather's whereabouts.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

It’s a lot of pressure, concocting a flawless ending.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

Or concocting a pass-fail test—he was famous for that type—where he threaded together questions that could throw a guy for a loss, with what seemed like a million possible answers.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier