How to Use conspire in a Sentence

conspire

verb
  • The league did not conspire against him.
    — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026
  • All of these—plus time—conspire to change the nature of the cheese.
    — Olivia Potts, Longreads, 28 May 2026
  • The big question is whether broader trends will conspire to drive rates back down.
    — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 8 July 2022
  • Bring that forth to the world because the universe will conspire to find use for you.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
  • Something should have conspired against Sánchez.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • The universe has not conspired to give us anything to be funny about.
    — Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Many things conspire to keep a retiree from getting out of the house in the late morning.
    — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • All four are charged with conspiring to kidnap and kill Moïse.
    — Tania Francois, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But events conspire to kindle a tiny, perhaps delirious spark of hope.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 June 2026
  • The government implores all guests to conspire on the dance floor.
    — Nehemiah Markos, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Events conspire to leave her alone on the streets of London (more detail would spoil things).
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 May 2021
  • They’re set to conspire to deliver us a mid-March snow event and a wild ride to get there.
    — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
  • All of that conspired together to make people plant just millions of them.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
  • But the wind seemed to conspire against her, rebuffing every effort to turn her boat west.
    — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Any flying object, from a bee to a bird to a plane, has two major forces conspiring against it.
    — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • How will Marguerite fare among those of us who conspire to accept mediocrity?
    — Julius Taranto, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Here’s hoping the Reds conspire to make the first-day concepts linger all season long.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The affair was heinous enough, but did Mossler conspire to commit murder — more than once?
    — Longreads, 17 Nov. 2021
  • They were also found guilty of conspiring to do that together.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Several forces conspired against the Redbox deal from the start.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 June 2024
  • The duo were found to have conspired to defraud banks out of more than $30M over the course of a decade.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The universe has conspired to give me the proper perspective.
    — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
  • Time, space, laws, facts, rocks, relatives, debts, and taxes all conspire to thwart the will and worry the mind.
    — Garret Keizer, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
  • He also was charged with two second-degree felonies for conspiring to commit those crimes.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • All that has conspired to produce a World Cup that is struggling to catch on with the public.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Asked him about the propriety given he’s charged with conspiring to help Egypt.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
  • She was found guilty of conspiring to kill her fourth husband, Charles Vallow.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 25 July 2025
  • Bailey was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to kill Brach.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Bailey was sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiring to kill Brach.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Spencer is charged with conspiring to file a false federal tax return and has also entered a not guilty plea.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026

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