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Her lawyer said Ms Higgins and her husband David Sharaz had concocted a "fictional" story involving ostracization, harassment and threatening conduct by the senator.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2024

“I thought they actually had concocted a legitimate set of legal theories,” he said.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024

“Shout,” the group’s first single for RCA, was an original the trio had concocted out of a call-and-response vamp they added to their live cover of Jackie Wilson’s “Lonely Teardrops.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2023

He also rejected Fortenberry’s claims that prosecutors had concocted multiple charges from a single alleged offense.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022

Jefferson and Madison even managed to persuade themselves that Adams had concocted the entire XYZ Affair to mobilize popular support for a declaration of war.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis