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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

Media culture, Laurel Canyon culture, gender culture all conspire to keep Lane and Gala from being what a writer needs most to be: honest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025

Prison and the authorities conspire to rob each man of his dignity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

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

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 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

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

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 four firms allegedly conspired to roughly double container prices between 2019 and 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Webb told me that the familiar forces had conspired to paper over his death.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

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

“I’m hoping that you would, especially since you’re a decent man, Dale, that you would prevail upon whoever is conspiring to resurrect the Confederacy to remove this thing,” the 86-year-old Fraser said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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 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

The rat’s beady eyes watched Clare’s expression, his whiskers curling in a conspiring grin.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman