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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
But behind the scenes, the chair race descended into a campaign of anonymous, conspiratorial letters sent to party members.
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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
There are vague conspiratorial undertones involving a powerful local orange juice CEO known as Dr. Dolphin (Janeane Garofalo), but the film is at its best and most pleasurable in its wide shots — deserted beaches, empty pools, mini-golf courses, a giant hot-dog stand.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
That final performance was perhaps the apex of what made T-Boy Wrestling so special — an unabashedly camp reclamation of masculine archetypes, and of the conspiratorial ways in which the powers that be regard transmasculinity.
—James Factora, Them., 13 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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Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
There are vague conspiratorial undertones involving a powerful local orange juice CEO known as Dr. Dolphin (Janeane Garofalo), but the film is at its best and most pleasurable in its wide shots — deserted beaches, empty pools, mini-golf courses, a giant hot-dog stand.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
That final performance was perhaps the apex of what made T-Boy Wrestling so special — an unabashedly camp reclamation of masculine archetypes, and of the conspiratorial ways in which the powers that be regard transmasculinity.
—James Factora, Them., 13 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
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Co-created by The New York Times bestselling author Carr and season 1 creator and showrunner David DiGilio, Dark Wolf follows Ben Edwards (Taylor Kitsch) on his journey from the SEALs to the clandestine side of CIA special operations.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Bundy family’s statement noted this and said their destination was not clandestine, as the FBI document alleged.—
Nicole Blanchard,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
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Moreover, the lobster boat and the Mako were covert FBI assets carefully disguised as legitimate smuggling vessels.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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If compromised, malicious radios inside them could be used for simultaneous outages or covert data collection, the FHWA warned.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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The notion of a man of Ballmer’s wealth — $153 billion; most in professional sports and top 10 on the planet — being able to procure and retain elite talent through surreptitious ways is the worst nightmare for fans of the league’s other 29 teams.—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 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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Silver might be comforted by the fact that even many liberals who had fled for Bluesky seem to be embracing X-ism once more, creeping back onto the platform with a certain furtive guilt.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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But the party is practically dripping with the unsaid, rife with tiny, furtive glances and pregnant pauses.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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