connived

past tense of connive
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as in winked
to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful the principal connived at all the school absences that were recorded on the day of the city's celebration of its Super Bowl victory

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  • The last ember of Rope A winked out.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • With both drugs, the alignment of brain waves shifted in similar ways as the animals’ consciousness waned and then winked out.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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  • But while the first four episodes were well-plotted and sure-footed — building up to episode five’s ambitious Alien remix — the final three have been relatively attenuated.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But as Newsom and his allies plotted how to respond to the Lone Star State, two Bay Area counties had already planned to hold off-cycle elections in November.
    Grace Hase, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • The litigation in that case resolved hundreds of lawsuits alleging the company ignored red flags while filling prescriptions for opioid pain medication.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Mun-ju doesn’t plan to fall for San-ho so quickly after her husband’s death, but the heightened emotion of life-or-death situations spur a sizzling chemistry and deep connection that cannot be ignored.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
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  • Lopez received high praise for her performance in Hustlers, portraying a real-life exotic dancer who targeted and schemed Wall Street clientele out of money.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Jimmy Sharp had filed the suit in December 2022, saying Diederich schemed to put him on a career-killing blacklist after taking over Sharp’s father’s role as head of 20th TV’s head of production earlier that year.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Connived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connived. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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