machination

Example Sentences

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Both follow the news obsessively, tracking every machination in the former president’s legal drama.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023

All of this happens while victims’ families wait for justice, essentially as observers to the legal machination and maneuvers.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

Another strange Pentagon machination was the proposal Miller floated in mid-December to separate the code-breaking National Security Agency from U.S.

From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2020

It seems more dedicated to machination than to meditation, more focused on struggle than on serenity.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2015

The pope becoming acquainted with this secret machination, set about to counteract it.

From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John