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She felt that she had been conniving in one of the spy-plots that all the Empire was talking about.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

That in itself was bad enough, but it was made much worse by the knowledge that his beautiful cousin had been conniving at his escapade.

From A Cabinet Secret by Boothby, Guy Newell

Mrs. Bassett glanced at her husband with alert suspicion, thinking that perhaps in her absence he had been conniving to this end with Marian.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)