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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
McCarthyite revivalism has flitted around the edges of American conservatism since the senator fell from grace during his conspiratorial anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s.
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
The messages accused Jewish community members of conspiratorial wrongdoing and threatened a program to monitor their behavior, the Daily reported.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026
Greene gained notoriety as a staunch Trump supporter in Congress and was often under fire for polarizing comments and conspiratorial beliefs.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
One person combined both, along with conspiratorial commentary.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
The messages accused Jewish community members of conspiratorial wrongdoing and threatened a program to monitor their behavior, the Daily reported.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026
Greene gained notoriety as a staunch Trump supporter in Congress and was often under fire for polarizing comments and conspiratorial beliefs.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
One person combined both, along with conspiratorial commentary.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
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The Pozo de Vargas is considered the largest clandestine mass grave of Argentina’s last dictatorship with the remains of 149 people recovered from the site.—
Débora Rey,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Pozo de Vargas is considered the largest clandestine mass grave of Argentina’s last dictatorship with the remains of 149 people recovered from the site.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Her covert affair with Davis became big news when a Chicago gossip columnist wrote a detailed account of their relationship in early 1958, including their plans to wed, despite their denials.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2026
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While Iran is not known to have any interests in Uganda, it has been accused of covert operations in neighboring Kenya and Tanzania, including the running of smuggling networks and making controversial diplomatic and economic outreach with questionable motives throughout the region.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Welcome to the era of surreptitious seafood, an industry gamble that overcoming Americans’ relative disinterest in the meat of the sea is all a matter of making fish look and taste less like, well, fish.—
J.m. Hirsch,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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The filmmakers and inmates carried out this investigation in secret, through anonymous phone calls and surreptitious recordings, ultimately revealing systemic rot inside a sadistic prison system.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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But the celebrations in one Tehran neighborhood were also furtive and short-lived to avoid riot police or members of the Basij, a voluntary auxiliary force with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.—
Ramin Mostaghim,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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The military can be more furtive about its movements ahead of an operation, taking steps to hide aircraft from detection.—
Nancy A. Youssef,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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