How to Use collude in a Sentence
collude
verb- The two companies had colluded to fix prices.
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That does not imply a willingness to collude in anything.
— Conrad Black, National Review, 24 Oct. 2017 -
The Arab states also accuse Qatar of colluding with Iran.
— Jonathan Schanzer, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2017 -
Kaepernick's grievance accuses NFL teams of colluding to keep him out of the league.
— Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2017 -
The president and his campaign officials have denied colluding in any way with the Russians.
— Author: Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Alaska Dispatch News, 31 Oct. 2017 -
Prison officers frequently collude with inmates on crimes that endanger staff members, inmates and the public.
— Ames Alexander and Gavin Off, charlotteobserver, 26 Oct. 2017 -
The final judgment on whether Trump colluded with Russia or committed other wrongs must await the report of the special prosecutor.
— Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 23 Oct. 2017 -
In October, the 30–year–old Kaepernick filed a grievance against the league saying that the league's owners are colluding to keep him from playing because of his protests.
— Scooby Axson, SI.com, 11 Dec. 2017 -
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 -
The full report, the key findings of which were published in March, finds that the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia.
— Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2018 -
Trump is right, and Stephanopolous is wrong: Mueller did clear the president of colluding with Russia.
— Marc A. Thiessen, The Mercury News, 19 June 2019 -
Kaepernick later filed a grievance against the N.F.L. and the owners, accusing them of colluding to keep him out of the league.
— Ken Belson, New York Times, 10 July 2018 -
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 -
Reid and Kaepernick sued the NFL and alleged that teams colluded in not signing them because of their protest.
— Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019 -
Even Nixon would have drawn the line at colluding with Russians — or, in those days, the Soviets — to sabotage the Democrats.
— Frank Rich, Daily Intelligencer, 9 May 2018 -
Tom is colluding with his assistant, Ann, a saint with pointy white nails.
— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024 -
President Biden blames the surge in prices on large firms that dominate markets and collude to raise prices.
— William Dunkelberg, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022 -
Li and Chan were charged with colluding with foreign forces, alongside Lai.
— Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023 -
One aim of the probe was to find out whether any Trump associates had colluded with Russia to help Trump get elected.
— Deb Riechmann, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2020 -
The Left is colluding with big companies to roll back the Second Amendment.
— Amy Lieu, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2018 -
Do not collude with the Taliban to impose false narratives on our past and our future.
— Rina Amiri, Time, 2 Sep. 2021 -
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 -
Teenage girls collude through song; music is a secret code, a signal, a warning.
— Leah Carroll, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2022 -
As Comer tells it, then-VP Biden 'colluded' with this business by ...
— Will Steakin, ABC News, 30 Jan. 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 -
Kaeperick has not played since that season and filed a grievance against the NFL that owners colluded to keep him off the field because of his stance.
— Scooby Axson, SI.com, 23 May 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 -
Advertisement With an attorney on the plaintiffs’ side of the lawsuit colluding with the city’s team, the claims could be settled on terms favorable to the DWP.
— Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024
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