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as in to plot
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced
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as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end
foul weather and airline foul-ups seemed to be conspiring to ruin our vacation
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Recent Examples of conspire
Smartmatic's parent company was charged in a Florida federal court in October with conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing a Philippine government official to get business, and with conspiring to launder money.
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
They are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti’s former leader.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The second apron and the passage of time were all conspiring to put an end to the Celtics’ attempt at a dynasty.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
They are charged with conspiring in South Florida to kidnap or kill Haiti’s former leader.
—David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2026
Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
The second apron and the passage of time were all conspiring to put an end to the Celtics’ attempt at a dynasty.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspire
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The images of the film are firmly planted in the beauty of the Northwest, and some sequences (as when Robert and his wife Gladys plot out land for their cabin with stones) depict a hope for the future.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Justice Department called the violence an attack plotted by antifa operatives, but attorneys for the accused denied that characterization, saying there were no antifa associations and that there was merely a demonstration with fireworks before gunshots broke out.—
Jamie Stengle,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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However, the defense’s closing arguments called into question the reliability of the prosecution’s cooperating witness, Nathan Josiah Baumann, who was found close to the scene of the shooting and ultimately pleaded guilty last year.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Diaz-Canel said that Havana has been cooperating with Washington in the wake of the incident, that the injured received medical care, and that the relatives of the deceased have been notified.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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Highly theatrical and exceedingly ambitious, Jocelyn can frequently be found breaking out into song or scheming for ways to elevate her family’s status.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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Marty, who was loosely based on real-life ping-pong legend Marty Reisman, schemes his way to competitions across the globe and hustles for pocket cash.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Mar. 2026
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The government took a genuine invitation to collaborate as a perfidious power grab.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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The companies will collaborate to enhance the Air Force’s multi-cloud architecture.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Charlotte Checkers hosted its first Book Club Night in partnership with Trope Bookshop, uniting 450 hockey fans and sports romance lovers.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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The ground that unites the powerless against the powerful is always about to collapse.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Conspire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspire. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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