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.
“All of these things are going to conspire to keep what we call the uncertainty index elevated,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Attorney Kelly Lyons said that Kahn conspired to “defraud dozens of investors who had invested approximately $360 million” through “lies, deception, misleading statements and material omissions.”
From Los Angeles Times
Cost, travel range, and lack of consumer demand all conspired to keep jets traveling below the speed of sound, roughly 760 miles per hour.
From Barron's
The man, now in custody and facing up to 10 years in prison, conspired with employees of a Hong Kong logistics company and a Chinese AI company, prosecutors said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
