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as in to plot
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced
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as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
foul weather and airline foul-ups seemed to be conspiring to ruin our vacation
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Recent Examples of conspire
Victoria was taken into custody on March 6 on charges of soliciting to commit murder and conspiring to commit murder, according to inmate records in Clark County, Nev., reviewed by PEOPLE.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Filed in federal court in Charleston, S.C., the lawsuit names as defendants Mace and five unnamed people who are alleged to have conspired with her.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
As the plaintiffs tell it, the defendants illegally conspire to cap prize money and limit players’ earnings opportunities off the court.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The bunnies offered an either-or that seems to have tickled her interest in the intersection between what’s literal and abstract: the mind conspires with the eye to see bodies in shapes or shapes in bodies.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Filed in federal court in Charleston, S.C., the lawsuit names as defendants Mace and five unnamed people who are alleged to have conspired with her.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 14 Mar. 2025
As the plaintiffs tell it, the defendants illegally conspire to cap prize money and limit players’ earnings opportunities off the court.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2025
The bunnies offered an either-or that seems to have tickled her interest in the intersection between what’s literal and abstract: the mind conspires with the eye to see bodies in shapes or shapes in bodies.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspire
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Less than a month into the job, Trump and the Japanese Prime Minister plotted their response to a North Korean missile launch in the open-air patio of Mar a Lago, photos of which ended up on Facebook.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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Charity workers had plotted the heights and weights of Daasanach children on World Health Organization charts—the same ones our pediatrician used to monitor my daughter’s growth—and determined that more than two-thirds of the kids were malnourished.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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The charges were first dropped a few weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term in part because the case would impede Adams’ ability to do his job as mayor, including cooperating with Trump’s immigration crackdown, the Justice Department’s new acting deputy attorney general wrote.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2025
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Bove argued that the case had national security implications by restricting Adams’s ability to cooperate with the feds on immigration matters, interfered with the mayor’s ability to govern, and was improperly filed within nine months of the mayoral primary.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2025
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Robert Trebor, who portrayed the serial killer known as the Son of Sam in a CBS telefilm and the scheming merchant Salmoneus on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and its sister series, Xena: Warrior Princess, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Apr. 2025
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Between the godmothers’ grief and a less-than-adequate police department, Lila will have to seek justice on her own terms and figure out which scheming godmother the vendetta was meant for.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has also launched a formal probe and is collaborating with the Australian Taxation Office.—
Grace Thomas,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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China & Other Asian Markets In the rest of Asia, Toei has already been collaborating with local companies, co-producing anime series Voltes V Legacy with the Philippines’ GMA Network, while Toei Animation signed a strategic partnership with Korea’s CJ ENM in 2021.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2025
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Republican leaders in the House worked to unite their divided party behind the budget plan this week before Congress leaves town for a two-week recess.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
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California has 43 Democratic House members, who tend to be united in questioning the Trump tariff policies.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Conspire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspire. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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