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The odds for adopting such beliefs may especially increase if tired people are exposed to conspiratorial content from outside sources as opposed to coming to similarly false conclusions on their own.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2025 -
As evidence seems to implicate Russian agents in the attack, Mullen grows obsessed with a leftist hacktivist collective, a provocateur talk show host (Dan Stevens) who fans the conspiratorial flames and an extremist tech billionaire (Gaby Hoffman) who would be happy to tear the whole system down.—
Chris Vognar,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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After authorities responded with mass arrests, weavers formed clandestine committees and took secret oaths.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Til Schweiger plays a sardonic whale-tourism boat captain (and former elite military operative, obviously) who gets roped into taking down a clandestine organization that’s building the perfect super-soldier through genetic experiments.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
4 Apr. 2025
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After the unexpected death of the pope, Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with running the covert process of choosing a new leader.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Those documents gave curious readers more details about Cold War-era covert U.S. operations in other nations, but did not initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK.—
Josh Funk and Haya Panjwani,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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The first surreptitious shots of Robbie in costume, however, lit up the internet anew.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2025
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The department has been criticized for using surreptitious means to collect DNA, like grabbing a soda can used by a suspect after questioning.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Cargo services will open in Sylhet on April 27, with Chattogram following suit and an undisclosed date.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Apr. 2025
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One plaintiff, elevator operator Owen Diaz, settled in March 2024 for undisclosed terms after a $3.2 million jury verdict.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Collusive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collusive. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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