conspire

Solo moves that far from the finish are often doomed, as the chasing riders conspire to track down the soloist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“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

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

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025

"Here, it helped guide us to think about how the cell density, proliferation rate, signaling, and all these different things conspire."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024

That plan failed, but it would not be surprising for Arsinoe to convince Ptolemy XIV to conspire with her against their sister.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby

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

"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

Hecuba, his widow, conspires with Briseis to take advantage of the restless, fractious Greeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

“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

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

The Justice Department indicted four shipping container manufacturers, alleging that they conspired to restrict the output and fix prices of shipping containers for at least four years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

The four firms allegedly conspired to roughly double container prices between 2019 and 2021, resulting in roughly a hundredfold increase to their profits, the DOJ said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Sumac squawked and bobbed his head up and down once more in agreement, as if the two of them had conspired to bring me there.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

He’s brought in for questioning after allegedly conspiring with a dissident priest, only to find that his interrogator is a former student.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

It also apparently has some weird all-knowing knowledge, because it warns its clueless mom about all the evil characters conspiring to abort the baby.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Sanberg pleaded guilty in October to federal charges of conspiring to bilk investors out of $248 million for portraying the now-defunct Aspiration as a “socially-conscious and sustainable banking services and investment products” firm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

But even the air seemed to be conspiring against her, making her think otherwise.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix