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Stephen Enghouse, a self-described classmate and friend, wondered aloud last week if she has been concocting the whole sordid saga involving the President, or at least dramatizing her role in it.

From Time Magazine Archive

For years, Hollywood has been concocting improbable scripts for the minor talents of George Raft.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the past two or three years this has grown upon her and she has been making not only untrue statements, but has been concocting peculiarly long and intricate fabrications.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William

I dare say that this Motier, ever since, has been concocting a plan by which he might make his fortune out of the Montresor estates.

From The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia by De Mille, James