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conspired

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past tense of conspire

as in plotted

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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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 conspired Attitudes about women’s bodies also conspired to keep pregnancies shrouded behind modest, tentlike maternity wear. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026 Beginning with that February 1st conference call, Big Players conspired to suppress scientific discussion. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026 The Steiners sued eBay and the defendants in 2021, alleging that the company conspired to intimidate and silence them because of their journalism. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Behind the scenes, Foote and the Avalanche had conspired to get this deal done. — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 25 July 2026 Harvey’s arrest prompted the LAPD and the FBI to coordinate their investigations, revealing that Harvey and Abraham conspired to print the shipping labels using equipment and a UPS account associated with Abraham and Coolkicks. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 July 2026 In the June indictment, prosecutors alleged that Banks conspired with several other men to kill Bowman after a concert near Blackshear, Georgia, on May 21, 2021. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026 Court documents say another man, Joshua Woods, conspired with Lewis-Bynum to kill Jaheim Boone. — Julia Coin updated July 14, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026 Mahmoud Khalil alleges private groups, including the conservative Heritage Foundation, and public leaders conspired to persecute him. — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

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Setting the form equal to a number fixes it into an equation that can be plotted on an x-y graph—something many of us learned to do on graphing calculators in high school.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
Aurelius uses similar techniques across the record, which lends to a certain sameyness by the end, though the tracks’ varied tempos, each one plotted at a different point on the downtempo spectrum, help offset any stagnation.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026

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The creative duo, which previously collaborated on To the Night, co-wrote the screenplay, inspired by true events, and developed it with people without housing.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
Ella Langley and Morgan Wallen have only collaborated once, but their sole duet is a major hit.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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Shanahan schemed up multiple 100-yard games for Kendrick Bourne, and even journeyman Demarcus Robinson had 111 yards in the playoffs against the Eagles — neither receiver had a 100-yard game since 2022.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 29 July 2026
Prosecutors detailed at least four games in which the defendants are alleged to have schemed to have Beasley manipulate individual game stats for the benefit of gamblers.

— Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 1 July 2026

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The State Department said Tecnotex has worked to refurbish Cuba’s Russian-origin helicopter fleet and has previously cooperated with North Korea.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026
In a Facebook statement, Cole said her son fully cooperated with investigators and denied allegations that the family had interfered with the investigation.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2026

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Kemp and Jackson united at the Georgia Chamber’s annual congressional luncheon for the first time since Jackson’s party-rattling primary win.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Right’s multiculturalism Meanwhile, the American right was increasingly united less by biological notions of race and more by opposition to multiculturalism, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, immigration and liberalism.

— Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

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