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Coke has been involved in crafting McDonald’s new dirty soda beverages, using Sprite and syrups to help concoct the brightly colored drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

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

At its core, “Project Hail Mary” is as invested in Grace and Rocky’s chemistry as it is in the various lab experiments they concoct to rescue their respective planets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

Samuel Mudd had plenty of time to concoct his story.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

In “Bel Canto,” Patchett concocts an almost fantastical scenario: What would happen if in the course of a months-long hostage crisis, the militants and civilians broke bread and sought comfort in each other?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025

Whatever the excuse the angry man concocts, the impetus is always the same: The eyes of a woman are directed at someone or something that is not him, and he is indignant over it.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024

Each weekday, your host, Ray Hamel, concocts a challenging set of unique questions on a specific topic.

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2023

Multicellular living matter concocts its own schemes, which means cells won't necessarily stay in the same place or state.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

But John believes all of it to be an elaborate publicity stunt concocted by Arcane — or, at least, that’s what he tells himself.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

The siblings concocted complex lineages and histories for their countries, writing Angrian and Gondalian tales and verse in tiny homemade books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Whether guiding the sound and aesthetic of the Wu-Tang Clan or scoring films for Jim Jarmusch and Quentin Tarantino, RZA has concocted an aural blueprint all his own.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

But, as the forensic evidence in a new documentary shows, Williams' words were a story concocted to hide the grim truth.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

They were originally concocted by Chandresh on a whim, brought about by a combination of chronic insomnia and keeping theatrical hours, along with an innate dislike of proper dinner-party etiquette.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The BBC has seen the police tapes for the first time, showing Alex concocting a fake story about his mother and grandfather's whereabouts.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

“Making fake biography, false history, concocting a half-imaginary existence out of the actual drama of my life is my life,” he once said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Audiences had to liberate a cadre of musicians from hypnosis and do so by concocting scenarios in which the club’s proprietor was continually forced to leave the room.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

It’s a lot of pressure, concocting a flawless ending.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

"I vill now give to you the rrrecipe for concocting Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker! Get out pencils and paper."

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl