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conspirations

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plural of conspiration

as in intrigues

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However, work stalled at the 60th floor and was paused for several years, with multiple reports naming palace intrigues and purges by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the cause for the delay.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
The series has always moved at a deliberate pace, allowing the characters’ social battles and romantic intrigues to simmer.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

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Spoelstra finished tied with Houston’s Ime Udoka with the second-most votes (10%) as the head coach who has the best defensive schemes.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
While both players moved around sometimes in their respective schemes, Shipp and Glasker do most of their damage as outside receivers.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of schemes

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To make the others better, with setups and sometimes, challenges.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
While nuclear energy in the past meant massive setups that were often associated with delays and cost overruns, nuclear energy of the future is looking to build smaller reactors and at scale to keep costs under control.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of setups

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There’s no winking at the audience, no sense of camp or parody, just a lot of appealing interactions, plus some wholly superfluous tertiary plots added to expand the story to series length.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
Unsheltered intertwined two plots related to the precarity of American life and the danger of demagogues—one set at the dawn of the MAGA era.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

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