Example Sentences

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“I’m hoping that you would, especially since you’re a decent man, Dale, that you would prevail upon whoever is conspiring to resurrect the Confederacy to remove this thing,” the 86-year-old Fraser said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

As the class winds down, Barcelo defines a word — pronoia, the belief that the universe is conspiring for your benefit.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

"All of that, I think is conspiring to see investors very wary of locking up their money in longer dated government bonds. They're demanding compensation for that," McGuire said.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2023

Gunmakers sell to any distributor with a license, the suit says, “despite blazing red flags indicating that a gun dealer is conspiring with straw purchasers or others to traffic defendants’ guns into Mexico.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2021

However, everything in the universe is conspiring to stop you from actually reaching absolute zero.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife