Example Sentences

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“The fans felt they are cursed and everyone was conspiring against them.”

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

What had really hooked Spencer, however, was another false claim by Bashir - that the private secretary of Prince Charles, Commander Richard Aylard, was conspiring against Diana.

From BBC • May 20, 2021

But while Burr was rallying allies to his cause, tensions with Spain eased and rumors began to swirl that Burr was conspiring to detach States by the Allegheny Mountains from the Union.

From Reuters • Jul. 9, 2020

But within a few months, Peñas had realised that his friend was corrupt: Correa’s real business was conspiring with local politicians to rig lucrative public contracts.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2019

Anguish of Ireland had once dreamed of a wind which blew down all their castles and towns—and this one was conspiring to do it It was blowing round Benwick Castle on all the organ stops.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White