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At certain times, such conspiratorial thinking and refusal to accept the evidence will become dangerous—people will spin up fantasies that result in acts of defamation or threats of violence.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025 -
Over 19,000 users liked the comment, boosting the conspiratorial language under the senator’s viral post.—
Molly Gibbs,
Sacbee.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Party leaders could reveal what their rivals were cooking up and reporters could penetrate clandestine deal-making through sources.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Nic Carter, a crypto venture capitalist, then coined the term Operation Choke Point 2.0, referring to an Obama administration clandestine operation to debank undesirable industries including firearms dealers and payday lenders in the early 2010s.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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In it, deaf canteen employee Alison Brooks (Rose Ayling-Ellis) lands an under-the-table gig as a covert lip reader for the police and finagles her way into the apex of an upcoming heist operation.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Reports have long suggested that Iran has increasingly engaged in covert malign behavior to target foreign citizens.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
31 July 2025
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These, though, have generally either been surreptitious efforts or ones that the White House has attempted strenuously to legally justify.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 Aug. 2025
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When one fan posted a surreptitious photo of Sudeikis and Hunt hanging out at a bar, commenters warned them to not share the location.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
1 Aug. 2025
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Young center Andrew Meyer, who was stashed on the active roster as an undrafted rookie in 2024, will be out weeks with his undisclosed injury.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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On July 30, Edward Saatchi’s Fable Studios announced an undisclosed investment by Amazon in Showrunner, a platform dedicated to AI content that allows users to create episodes with a prompt of just a couple of words.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Collusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusive. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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