concoct
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Rather, he’s using a shoestring budget to concoct left-of-center sights that feel like a peek into a specific Los Angeles netherworld.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026
We live and breathe stories: We concoct them; we relate them; we react to them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Brought in by the board to shield the Elsinore Picture Corp. from damaging publicity, he sets out to determine what really happened, only to concoct a plausible narrative that won’t get the company canceled.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
In fact, he so frequently challenges the producers to concoct new plans on the fly that they're drawn into an actual competition they cannot lose with the man they're trying to fool.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025
And still I sit in my room, trying to concoct a way out of this place.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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