machination
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Both follow the news obsessively, tracking every machination in the former president’s legal drama.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2023
All of this happens while victims’ families wait for justice, essentially as observers to the legal machination and maneuvers.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023
But it distinguishes itself by rinsing away the cosmetics of royal etiquette and self-serious machination with bracing wit.
From Salon • Sep. 11, 2022
Another strange Pentagon machination was the proposal Miller floated in mid-December to separate the code-breaking National Security Agency from U.S.
From Washington Post • Dec. 26, 2020
"She will try to stop us—tell her nothing!" cried Patsy, instantly fearful lest she should be locked up, or by some machination prevented from joining the Good Intent.
From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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