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Uber contends this arrangement has created an incentive for doctors and attorneys to collude to dramatically inflate medical bills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

“David called to vent about how protracted the settlement process had become—there was no intent to transmit information, intervene, or collude in the settlement,” Byrne said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

"You have insurance charges, floor charges, and various other levies that make production unsustainable," he told AFP, repeating allegations that contractors collude to keep prices low and "shortchange" producers.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

However, insiders guard against an assumption that just because a group of owners are from one country, they will collude to 'Americanise' English football.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

Public competitive bidding is not corruption-proof: many times officials and bidders collude and conspire to award the contract against bribes and other, non-cash, benefits.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin

“It’s like I always say, the family that colludes together gets sued together.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

His work explores the liminal space between interior and exterior worlds by stringing up a cat’s cradle of language in which his characters swing between memories, dreams, and reflections—an act in which the audience colludes.

From The New Yorker ● May 22, 2017

In his circles of hell, Dante gives it a harder time than lust, not least because it colludes with sins like envy and gluttony.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2016

Athletes feel they must do it to compete, that they have no other choice in a system that even the state colludes in.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 14, 2016

The process of the Exchequer colludes with this interest.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

“MRED and Compass have colluded to turn back the clock on consumer transparency.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Private antitrust enforcement occurs even though customers can voluntarily not buy at the higher prices upon which they’ve colluded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

Mr Markle was found to have colluded with photographers who paid him for photos appearing to show the father of the bride preparing for the wedding.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

Greystar, which manages dozens of apartment complexes in Southern California, has settled a lawsuit that alleges the property giant and other landlords colluded to keep rents artificially high.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

The Rosenwald organizers, catching Bobby’s implication that they’d colluded to make the pairings more favorable for some, expressed outrage at his protest.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Most crimes across Mexico went unsolved, and authorities sometimes appeared to be colluding with criminals instead of fighting them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

And, as noted, network personnel have been caught colluding with him.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

James said Cal-Maine Foods, Versova and Hickman's Egg Ranch began colluding as early as 2022.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Smoke-filled rooms of colluding owners aren’t required, though.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

“I do not know her story, except that she was obviously colluding with our enemies. I have never met many of the dark beings who lurk in the inhospitable corners of Fablehaven.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull