conspire

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

But the commissioner said the "complainant misinterpreted the WhatsApp messages as an instruction to conspire with the member to submit fraudulent claims".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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

And on the outside, I might care that I’m using his sympathy or guilt to get him to conspire with me, but what other choice do I have?

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Kovalchuk publicly praised the 1968 Soviet movie “Dead Season,” in which the CIA conspires with former Nazi doctors to control humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

And year after year, the calendar conspires to help them.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2025

"When you commit to a journey, the universe conspires to help you," Smith told a beaming Mr Barry, citing author Paulo Coelho.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2024

Hecuba, his widow, conspires with Briseis to take advantage of the restless, fractious Greeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2021

I try to remain calm, but the body conspires against that, tries to drown me in distortion.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

However, long before that, circumstances conspired to give him the opportunity to represent the US.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

All that has conspired to produce a World Cup that is struggling to catch on with the public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The Iran war, soaring jet-fuel prices, and the soccer World Cup have all conspired to make domestic travel in the U.S. incredibly pricey.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

“But history has a habit of sometimes being cruel, and it has conspired to put him in a circumstance where he has to make a difficult decision.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

But if insecurity was the primal source of Hamilton’s incredible energy, one would have to conclude that providence had conspired to produce at the most opportune moment perhaps the most creative liability in American history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The pair admitted to charges of conspiring to commit unauthorised acts against TfL under the Computer Misuse Act.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

All three, who live in London, are charged with conspiring together - and "with others" - to damage property by fire between 1 April and 13 May 2025.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

Sanberg pleaded guilty in October to the federal charges of conspiring to bilk investors out of $248 million for portraying the now-defunct Aspiration as a “socially-conscious and sustainable banking services and investment products” firm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

In May 2025, the firm pleaded guilty “to conspiring to hide more than $4 billion from the IRS in at least 475 offshore accounts” and agreed to pay nearly $511 million, according to the DOJ.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

Why had I put all my effort into Gillian and Shriya, who’d so quickly dropped me and were probably actively conspiring against me now?

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely