machination

Her choice stirred up responses across the music world, and forced the public to take a long look at the music industry’s quiet corporate machinations.

Proving solid unit economics at a small scale before scaling will become more of a mandate given the machinations in the shared scooter market and how it showed that rapid growth doesn’t solve all woes.

“If this is a partisan endeavor, it’s because of the machinations of Mayor Hall,” he said.

The villain's machination, the lover tied to the railroad track, the train dashing to within two inches of its victim.