machination
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The raven and a “silent partner” then snatched the helpless goslings and devoured them—a machination to make Poe proud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Both follow the news obsessively, tracking every machination in the former president’s legal drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
All of this happens while victims’ families wait for justice, essentially as observers to the legal machination and maneuvers.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
As machination piled upon machination, and as the case became solely about Mr. Donziger, one party has been largely forgotten: the Ecuadorean tribespeople he once represented.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
The more ingenious the machination they have contrived, the nicer the calculations and the more narrow the point on which success turns, the sweeter is the sop to their vanity.
From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman
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