conspire
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Could his supervisors conspire with agents to do bad things?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
We're always looking for a way to conspire to come back, maybe it's work or some other way.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 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
"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
“But these brazen acts that are organized — someone who conspires a mass smash-and-grab — there has to be accountability.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
But he trusted in the old man, who had said that, when you really want something, the universe always conspires in your favor.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
Four goals up on aggregate against LASK, O'Neill's Celtic somehow conspired to implode in a second half with little sign of a response on the way to a 5-4 aggregate loss.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 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
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
The two men conspired to hide Elisha’s romantic relationship with Maggie Fox.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Duffy and Acranom’s president, Salvatore Monarca, pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe Diamantis—as did Construction Advocacy Professionals’ owner, Antonietta Roy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It also apparently has some weird all-knowing knowledge, because it warns its clueless mom about all the evil characters conspiring to abort the baby.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
Hasna is charged with conspiring to provide material support to Hamas, conspiring to finance terrorism and financing terrorism.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 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
Why had I put all my effort into Gillian and Shriya, who’d so quickly dropped me and were probably actively conspiring against me now?
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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