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as in to plot
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced

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as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end foul weather and airline foul-ups seemed to be conspiring to ruin our vacation

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Recent Examples of conspire Later that year, 31 members of the white supremacist Patriot Front group were arrested on suspicion of conspiring to riot at an LGBTQ+ Pride event. Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2025 Court papers say the defendant, Farrukh Ali, conspired with at least 41 substance abuse clinics to bill the state for hundreds of millions of dollars for substance abuse services that were never provided, not provided as billed or were medically unnecessary. Ryan Lucas, NPR, 30 June 2025 If found guilty of conspiring to commit wire fraud, the company’s owners could face up to 20 years in prison, according to a press release announcing the charges. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025 The conviction comes more than six years after the couple was accused of conspiring to kill 59-year-old Terrence Gibson for money, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for conspire
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  • These tariff rates range between 25% and 50%, with the highest tariff reserved for Brazil, where Trump has objected to the prosecution of the country’s former, right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly plotting a coup.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025
  • At the behest of Cook, the group was beginning to plot a show to save the beloved Shepherd’s Bush concert venue Bush Hall.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 July 2025
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  • During daytime hours, when weather cooperates, the four giraffes spend much of their day together outside.
    Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
  • The driver, identified only as a man, stopped at the scene and cooperated with the investigation.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 8 July 2025
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  • The Giants will need to scheme Lawrence to keep four hands off him.
    Geoffrey Knox, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
  • And the audience was eager to be swept away on another escapade with these stylish and scheming women.
    Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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  • Cross-Silo Collaboration Barriers AI developers attempting to collaborate across silos (such as government agencies) where data sharing is challenging or explicitly forbidden are able to exchange synthetic datasets.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • Outside of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, Cameron collaborated with Zach Hill and Janet Weiss on a 2013 album called Drumgasm.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 7 July 2025
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  • But the urge to denigrate public education has become one of those odd obsessions that unite the nutty left and kooky right.
    Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2025
  • The city united and made a great case for the festival, said Josh Heuser, co-founder of the city's popular light festival Blink and the underground bar and theater Ghost Baby.
    Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025

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“Conspire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspire. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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