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conniving

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verb

present participle of connive
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as in winking
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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Noun
  • Of course, this was done with the connivance of politicians.
    Vera Bergengruen/Buenos Aires, TIME, 23 May 2024
  • Michael Hiltzik: How the GOP — with Democratic Party connivance — has undermined a crucial effort to avert the next pandemic.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Verb
  • Beneath us is a shimmering expanse of untouched snow like powdered sugar, winking in the spring sun; the odd shadow; the frozen Fedaia Lake far below.
    Toby Skinner, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Another technique is using Hall’s narration for all the little internal monologue bits, the little winking one-liners that Dexter never says out loud.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Known as the Twitter Files, these series of posts on the platform alleged collusion between disinformation researchers, Twitter employees and government agencies, to censor conservatives.
    Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The companies allege that Goncalves, in collusion with the United Steelworkers, maneuvered to prevent any party other than Cleveland-Cliffs from acquiring U.S. Steel and to damage the Pittsburgh manufacturer’s ability to compete.
    Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But should investors really be ignoring small caps in 2025?
    Bret Kenwell, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • See video … WATCH RAYMOND ARROYO – Biden rewarded murderers while ignoring the innocent and their families.
    Fox News, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But the biggest threats come from billionaire corporate land developers and scheming local government officials, eager to get their greedy hands on all that gorgeous acreage to build casinos, resort hotels, golf courses, and the like.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
  • In two different filings in New York and Texas last month, Drake accused UMG – which distributes music for both Drake and Lamar – of scheming to popularize Lamar's diss track, which in turn allegedly harmed Drake and his businesses.
    KiMi Robinson, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Spurred by Russia’s brutal war and China’s complicity in that aggression, governments in Australia, Japan, South Korea, and across Europe have finally started the long overdue process of taking greater responsibility for their countries’ defense.
    Robin Niblett, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Now, some 80 years later, the names of those suspected of collaborating with the Nazis have been made public in the Netherlands as the country goes to new lengths to document the extent of its complicity in the horrors perpetrated by the Third Reich.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As part of its strategy, the brand is also looking at furthering its footprint globally, beyond Europe, its key market, as well as launch new shoe categories and new brand messaging, Tamponi said.
    Martino Carrera, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Develop an ongoing strategy to gather data and observe what's happening in your environment.
    Debo Ray, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In this original usage, it was associated with concepts like designs, ground plans, and sketches—flat forms to be realized as physical structures.
    Leo Kim, WIRED, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The possible dichotomy between ground plan and volumetric form has never been more apparent to me.
    Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 22 May 2023
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