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The AP’s story about the foiled plot was at odds with the calming message the White House had been conveying on the eve of the first anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden.

From Washington Post • May 15, 2013

"Will they fight?—ask him that," said Charost, to whom I had been conveying a rather rose-colored version of my friend's talk.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

The pseudo palki-bearers next informed the listeners that they were the servants of a very wealthy man and had been conveying his daughter to her parents-in-law’s house.

From Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Devee, Sunity

Elsie's eyes had been conveying favorable impressions to her reluctant mind throughout the walk.

From Taken Alive by Roe, Edward Payson

He said he had been conveying a hound to a gentleman who lived in Leith, and that he had been detained beyond his usual time.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 by Various