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But the sport’s actual heartland, where engineers concoct the most sophisticated machines in motor sports, could hardly be farther from superyachts and velvet ropes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

It’s almost possible to concoct a silver lining from this dreadful situation, but only by focusing on short-term electoral politics in the most bloodless and instrumental fashion.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026

We live and breathe stories: We concoct them; we relate them; we react to them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

In other words, it’s a love story only this pair could concoct.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

“I may be a terrible man,” Count Olaf said, “but I have been able to concoct a foolproof way of getting your fortune, which is more than you’ve been able to do.”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Whatever the excuse the angry man concocts, the impetus is always the same: The eyes of a woman are directed at someone or something that is not him, and he is indignant over it.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2024

Each weekday, your host, Ray Hamel, concocts a challenging set of unique questions on a specific topic.

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2023

Multicellular living matter concocts its own schemes, which means cells won't necessarily stay in the same place or state.

From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023

She meets a big-city con man who’s pretending to be a podiatrist — “Corn doctor,” the sign outside his office says — who then concocts a plan to swindle the desperate farmers.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

But John believes all of it to be an elaborate publicity stunt concocted by Arcane — or, at least, that’s what he tells himself.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

But, as the forensic evidence in a new documentary shows, Williams' words were a story concocted to hide the grim truth.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026

At the Milan Cortina Games, a maniacal Norwegian named Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has turned the quiet world of Nordic skiing on its head with a frenetic sprinting technique that he concocted with his grandfather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

Even though she and other women are able to read, write, and keep ledgerbooks by this date, the complicated and often secret tinctures concocted for fabrics remain the province of men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

It was a plan that had been hastily concocted after Louisiana’s grandmother left the scene.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo

To reignite waning interest in space travel, Musk had initially tried concocting a publicity stunt to send plant seeds to Mars in hope of sprouting new life there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026

“I was just concocting like a lot of different sugary meals and eating it every day, and then going back home and making all these songs that have blown up,” Todd said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

The BBC has seen the police tapes for the first time, showing Alex concocting a fake story about his mother and grandfather's whereabouts.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

It’s a lot of pressure, concocting a flawless ending.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2024

"I vill now give to you the rrrecipe for concocting Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker! Get out pencils and paper."

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl