machination

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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

But it distinguishes itself by rinsing away the cosmetics of royal etiquette and self-serious machination with bracing wit.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022

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

All MacTaggart's anger rose against madame for her machination.

From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil