conspire
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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
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
And how did he and his co-defendants, Mar-a-Lago staff members Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta, conspire to resist the government’s lawful demands to return the documents?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
Did Laertes and my father conspire against me?
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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
And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
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
Everybody turned into a baby, and all humanity, without exception, conspired biologically to produce two perfect people named Adam and Eve, he supposed.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
The pair admitted to charges of conspiring to commit unauthorised acts against TfL under the Computer Misuse Act.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Ukrainian national Lavrynovych, and Ukrainian-born Romanian national Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, have now been convicted at the Old Bailey of conspiring to target property and a car connected to the UK prime minister.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Matthew Madsen, 39, has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to commit honest services fraud and remains free on bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
In May 2025, the firm pleaded guilty “to conspiring to hide more than $4 billion from the IRS in at least 475 offshore accounts” and agreed to pay nearly $511 million, according to the DOJ.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
UBS wasn’t conspiring against Bobby: They just wanted to get rid of one of their most public and foolish clients.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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