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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
Couldn’t a handful have said Pete Hegseth running the Pentagon is dubious enough, but giving a conspiratorial lunatic power over the Centers for Disease Control is a bridge far too far?
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Written by Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn, the 30-minute short stars Moore as the mother of Palmer, Page, and a conspiratorial Edward Norton.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Neither a lengthy period of incarceration nor a pardon will cure people like Meredith of their conspiratorial mind-set, the expert told me.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
The original film not only established the star’s action chops, but also set into motion an entire conspiratorial mythology from which the franchise continues to feed.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
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U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Written by Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn, the 30-minute short stars Moore as the mother of Palmer, Page, and a conspiratorial Edward Norton.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
Neither a lengthy period of incarceration nor a pardon will cure people like Meredith of their conspiratorial mind-set, the expert told me.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
The original film not only established the star’s action chops, but also set into motion an entire conspiratorial mythology from which the franchise continues to feed.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
Adjective
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Duplicity, directed by Tony Gilroy, follows two corporate spies, Claire (Roberts) and Ray (Owen), who become embroiled in a clandestine love affair.—
Carly Thomas,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Oct. 2025
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There’s a clandestine quality to it all.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Friday the incident and the recent air incursion linked to Moscow show Kremlin plans for covert and overt attacks against Europe to prepare for a possible NATO-Russia war.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The device is intended for intelligent underwater detection, real-time environmental monitoring, and potentially covert reconnaissance missions worldwide.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Haeckel’s Italian trip was part of a surreptitious alternate life plan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The Trump administration intensified its scrutiny of Chinese nationals studying at U.S. universities in May following several instances of students allegedly engaging in surreptitious activity, including espionage.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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As a whirlwind rebel offensive encroached on the Syrian capital, Mr. al-Assad’s furtive flight out of Damascus earlier that night took his innermost circle by surprise and became the symbol of his regime’s stunning fall.—
Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Then there was a furtive crunch, crunch, crunch of footsteps.—
Bob Cary,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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