conspired

past tense of conspire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of conspired The long running legal battle centers on allegations that the league and its 32 teams conspired in violation of antitrust laws to allow the NFL to reach exclusive deals with broadcast partners for the right to air out-of-market games. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026 As part of the scheme, prosecutors allege, Heflin conspired with other companies and individuals to predetermine who would win certain business, at times submitting intentionally inflated bids to schools. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026 The night before, Tenney, along with three other men and one woman, had conspired to steal back a vehicle from Torres, the Statesman previously reported. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026 Williams had allegedly conspired with three other individuals to fake his own abduction alongside hers, according to local reports of the incident. — Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Bryant, who identifies as female, did not report the shooter's plans to authorities and conspired with her to broadcast the attacks, authorities allege. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 The second alleges that federal officials conspired to interfere with the civil rights of individuals in Minnesota. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 In the centuries since, some scholars have theorized that powerful relatives and political rivals conspired to have Báthory imprisoned for their own benefit. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026 For instance, the way that Tresnjak, wardrobe designer Charlotte DeVaux Shields and set designer Alexander Dodge have conspired to make sneakers into the embodiment of complicity and evil is fairly ingenious. — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspired
Verb
  • Still, despite the edginess of the film—which is arguably better plotted than the original—Moore isn’t wrong about treacly Hollywood politics sweeping in.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2026
  • From there, the wedding was plotted via weekly Zoom meetings with the Matthew Oliver team, particularly their lead planners Bertie and Georgia, while the Turkish team tended to be most comfortable over WhatsApp.
    — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The two actors only professionally collaborated on 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which Douglas produced and Nicholson starred in.
    — McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers from Illinois and Notre Dame collaborated on the project through their respective engineering departments.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • According to authorities, the victim, Thomas Hegarty, suffered from severe dementia and had owned his Hollywood home for 25 years before four individuals schemed to strip him of his property.
    — Joan Murray, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Which brings us to Elizabeth Holmes, who for a short period, schemed her way into becoming a billionaire.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The agent cooperated with police during the initial investigation, the local agency said.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, authorities said.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Trump voters were not as united around Marshall, with 9% of them peeling off for Hamilton.
    — Elizabeth Schreier, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The man who so bitterly divided us might ultimately have united us, at least for an evening.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

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“Conspired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspired. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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