conspire

In popular usage, it assumes the thing signified must be false, whereas people do conspire, and it is reasonable to devise theories about their schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

“All of these things are going to conspire to keep what we call the uncertainty index elevated,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

A statement released by South Korea's National Police Agency revealed that the four suspects operated independently of one another, and did not conspire together.

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

Circumstances can conspire against us, but there should be room for improvement.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

For a moment like that all the universe would have to conspire to move all its pieces and line them up just so.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

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

“Office Space” falls apart in its third act when the trio clumsily conspires to rip off Initech.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2024

"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

“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream,” said the alchemist, echoing the words of the old king.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

But elite club soccer and the Major League Soccer academies have conspired to kill it by prohibiting their players from participating in high school or middle school programs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

However, long before that, circumstances conspired to give him the opportunity to represent the US.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 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

But McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said the team still had the margin to stay ahead of Antonelli when they did stop three laps after him, but that a series of events conspired against them.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

They had conspired to do no more than get that chem teacher’s guide to Nicole.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Several insurers have filed racketeering lawsuits against Liakas for allegedly conspiring with doctors to fabricate and exaggerate injuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The pair admitted to charges of conspiring to commit unauthorised acts against TfL under the Computer Misuse Act.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Peters, 70, was convicted on multiple criminal counts, four of them felonies, for conspiring to let an unauthorized person access supposedly compromised voting equipment.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

All three, who live in London, are charged with conspiring together - and "with others" - to damage property by fire between 1 April and 13 May 2025.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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