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Upon arrival, the men connive to set up shop at a rest house for travelers, despite having not made reservations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

As an absurdly glamorous Anna Karina and Jean-Paul Belmondo connive and rob their way to the South of France, the result is both unlike any other movie and oddly similar to 10,000 other movies.

From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2015

I am loth to believe that you would wilfully connive at either my 251 capture, or anything that would bring harm to the cause.”

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison

A woman connives to make her husband jealous when his secretive actions lead her to believe him unfaithful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2020

It’s a con-artist film — poor family connives its way into jobs serving a younger, wealthy quartet — and the con rides an elevator from comically to tragically desperate.

From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2020

To wrap things up: House connives to get Park to disobey an order he knows is wrong so that she will learn to stand up for herself.

From Time ● Nov. 1, 2011

Instead, Ferris just connives to use Cameron for things Cameron has that Ferris does not.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2011

A judge is guilty who connives at guilt.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

Hoover and Davis connived at an estimate that would meet the guarantee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Murdaugh’s lawyers contend that Hill connived to have a juror removed—the so-called Egg Lady—because Hill feared she wasn’t inclined to convict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

But for years she waylaid me on the street to complain and raised that incident at meetings to prove the editors connived with the paid Coop staff to prevent pro-democracy voices from being heard.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2022

Crowned and uncrowned, during periods of supposedly republican government and not, they largely ruled the city-state, or connived to, from the mid-14th to the mid-18th centuries, using art to cement their power.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2021

Bono had, I ascertained, connived to secrete them when we had removed to this house from the town; having no use for them upon his exile, he had left them for me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Yet, actors sign on anyway, and viewers will watch regardless, because Netflix has crafted a conniving production model that benefits the indiscriminate philistines in charge.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The couple's daughter, Athena, who appeared via video-link from the US, told the court her father was a "jealous, conniving, narcissistic villain".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

According to the footage, what awaits Rhaenyra during her reign are fearful subjects, conniving enemies, sleepless nights and plenty of anguish.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

SantaCon’s conniving leader gives New Yorkers another reason to hate the yearly bar crawl.

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026

“Him and all them greedy conniving railroad men, making promises Montana can’t deliver.”

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson