conspire

Example Sentences

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In popular usage, it assumes the thing signified must be false, whereas people do conspire, and it is reasonable to devise theories about their schemes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Circumstances can conspire against us, but there should be room for improvement.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 28, 2025

"Here, it helped guide us to think about how the cell density, proliferation rate, signaling, and all these different things conspire."

From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2024

Circumstances — “the confluence of Labor Day and the kids being back in school” — could conspire to push transmission rates higher, Hudson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2024

Prison and the authorities conspire to rob each man of his dignity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela