How to Use collude in a Sentence

collude

verb
  • The two companies had colluded to fix prices.
  • The news now is that cartel members don’t seem that eager to collude with him.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Both men have been charged with colluding in theft and murder, the outlet added.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • But all of those things really kind of collude to keep Black women out.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Farmers are too numerous to collude like this.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Tom is colluding with his assistant, Ann, a saint with pointy white nails.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Teenage girls collude through song; music is a secret code, a signal, a warning.
    — Leah Carroll, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2022
  • That celebrities might on some level collude with the paparazzi is, at this point, obvious.
    — Daniel Rodgers, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There are people high up there who’re trying to hide or collude with each other so that they are not held accountable.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Li and Chan were charged with colluding with foreign forces, alongside Lai.
    — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Lawyers for both men have insisted their clients never colluded with gamblers.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Lawyers and accountants who look the other way when corporate clients play fast and loose, who even collude with them to skirt the law.
    — Robert Reich, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Do not collude with the Taliban to impose false narratives on our past and our future.
    — Rina Amiri, Time, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Neither did the notion of top financiers colluding to bolster the price of certain stocks.
    — Evan Hughes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The problem is they’ve been forced underground by the schools’ decision to collude to keep overhead low.
    — Andy Staples, SI.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • President Biden blames the surge in prices on large firms that dominate markets and collude to raise prices.
    — William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • That’s the same President whose son seems to have colluded with Russia.
    — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2017
  • One idea would be to affirmatively allow bidders for sports rights to collude in order to help keep rights costs in check.
    — Jonathan Knee, Sportico.com, 19 June 2024
  • His suit alleges that Jones’ attorneys and the city colluded to deprive class members of their rights in that case.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Watson escaped criminal charges last week, but 22 women didn’t collude and come up with the same story.
    — Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Mueller concluded that it could not be proved that Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia.
    — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2026
  • With an attorney on the plaintiffs’ side of the lawsuit colluding with the city’s team, the city could settle the claims on favorable terms.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • We’re introduced to the arguments for and against colluding with Athena in a schematic fashion.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The Left is colluding with big companies to roll back the Second Amendment.
    — Amy Lieu, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018
  • Meanwhile, many who got burned by the meme-stock craze unfairly accused Tenev and Bhatt of colluding with short sellers.
    — Byjeff John Roberts and Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 July 2024
  • Kaepernick's grievance accuses NFL teams of colluding to keep him out of the league.
    — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Trump reportedly asked him last year to publicly state that his campaign did not collude with Russia, but Rogers wouldn’t do it.
    — Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Not because anyone is colluding, but because the incentive structure has.
    — Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Tisza has stayed clear of international media, lest it be accused by Fidesz of colluding with foreign agents.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
  • He was jailed on charges of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026

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