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as in to ignore
to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful
the principal connived at all the school absences that were recorded on the day of the city's celebration of its Super Bowl victory
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as in to plot
to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends
suspects that his coworkers are conniving to get him fired
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Benji’s older brother, Tom (Jack Reynor), is an blowhard bro barely kept in line by his conniving wife, Abby (Dakota Fanning).
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
On House of the Dragon Needham plays another conniving character, Master of Whispers, Larys Strong.
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Sonoya Mizuno
Sonoya Mizuno's big-screen debut was in the cinematic juggernaut that was 2014's Ex Machina (above).
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024
The confirmation that Lady Ochiba was more or less a prisoner in Edo shows just how conniving Toranaga can be.
—Jesse Raub, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024
Daemon is one of the most clever, cunning and conniving characters in House of the Dragon, who always seems to have the upper hand.
—Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
On House of the Dragon Needham plays another conniving character, Master of Whispers, Larys Strong.
13 of 15
Sonoya Mizuno
Sonoya Mizuno's big-screen debut was in the cinematic juggernaut that was 2014's Ex Machina (above).
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024
The confirmation that Lady Ochiba was more or less a prisoner in Edo shows just how conniving Toranaga can be.
—Jesse Raub, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024
Daemon is one of the most clever, cunning and conniving characters in House of the Dragon, who always seems to have the upper hand.
—Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
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Tech company CEOs who largely sat on the sidelines for the presidential election sent their congratulations Wednesday to President-elect Donald Trump, ignoring Trump’s history of threats against some of them and joining their peer Elon Musk in welcoming Trump back to power.David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Those, contrary to the plan, can safely be ignored, and are.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Philippi also allegedly plotted a mass shooting expected to take place at a Tennessee YMCA facility, according to the DOJ.Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Freitag passed out compasses and demonstrated how to plot a precise path.Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Months before the season came out, the women were posting silly pictures together with winking captions and sending heart-emoji reactions to each other’s selfies.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
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This is an ooey, gooey, and fresh werewolf flick with a bevy of nauseating practical effects and the sort of winking cinematic homages for which director Joe Dante is best known.EW.com, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Russia schemed to send incendiary devices, shipped through a commercial carrier on planes that would potentially end up in the United States, according to sources familiar with the situation.Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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For six years, Agatha and Nicholas make their way around the woods, with Agatha frequently scheming her way into other, more trusting covens before promptly killing all the witches.Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Connive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connive. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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