connive
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It stars Brian Cox as the Roy family patriarch and Jeremy Strong as one of his children, who connive to succeed their father as the company’s leader.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023
Actually, she doesn't and she will manipulate, exploit and connive anyone without giving it a second thought if it serves her best interests.
From Salon • Aug. 17, 2022
“The real function of the mirror was otherwise. It was to make the woman connive in treating herself as, first and foremost, a sight.”
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2021
Anaheim has no such duty, and the First Amendment has no exemption allowing communities to connive at impeding speech that does not “reflect” the community’s values.
From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2021
But the Catholic Church continued to cling to it as almost the central principle of its being, and continued likewise to connive at an inveterate system of escape from its harsh conditions.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various
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