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
“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
But the commissioner said the "complainant misinterpreted the WhatsApp messages as an instruction to conspire with the member to submit fraudulent claims".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
Even the candles conspire, getting shorter as time grows shorter.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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
Sometimes the universe conspires to help those in need.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Four goals up on aggregate against LASK, O'Neill's Celtic somehow conspired to implode in a second half with little sign of a response on the way to a 5-4 aggregate loss.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
All that has conspired to produce a World Cup that is struggling to catch on with the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 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
"Things have conspired against grassroot artists," he tells BBC News, "and without grassroots artists, there are no big artists."
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The strangeness of her daddy’s appearance and the late hour conspired to sink a peculiar anxiousness into Ophie’s bones.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
The pair admitted to charges of conspiring to commit unauthorised acts against TfL under the Computer Misuse Act.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
A Ukrainian man accused of conspiring to set fire to a car linked to Sir Keir Starmer has told a court that he refused to film the attack despite an alleged accomplice "begging" him to.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Its owner, Su Bin, was arrested in 2014 and pleaded guilty two years later to U.S. charges of conspiring to steal data for China from American defense contractors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 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
As I said, it was only the beginning of my conspiring thoughts.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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