conspire

Example Sentences

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And so, on a dark road on a winter's night somewhere between Coronation Street's Manchester setting and Emmerdale's West Yorkshire home, circumstances conspire to bring characters from both camps together.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

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

And how did he and his co-defendants, Mar-a-Lago staff members Carlos De Oliveira and Walt Nauta, conspire to resist the government’s lawful demands to return the documents?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Did Laertes and my father conspire against me?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein