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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
But as western North Carolina begins what will no doubt be a long rebuilding effort, local suspicions about the agency have mounted, amplified by national political figures sharing conspiratorial ideas.
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Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
SpaceX claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that members of the California Coastal Commission violated Musk’s right to free speech and overstepped the agency’s authority after members cited the billionaire’s conspiratorial comments on his social media platform X in denying the bid.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
And even this basic fact caused some Fox fans to send conspiratorial messages to Baier.
—Brian Stelter, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
This suggests that the intervention helped shift their overall worldview away from conspiratorial thinking.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
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Congress in recent years has been hot on the UAP trail, as a bipartisan but still somewhat fringe-y coalition of lawmakers has held hearings and applied pressure on other government entities to release information, particularly about any clandestine programs using taxpayer money.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The premise hinges on the idea that China is Mexico’s number-one oil buyer — formidable leverage for the mysterious Chinese agent’s clandestine plot.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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The heavyweight cast adds a sense of urgency to every covert invasion and reinforces the idea (shared by Sheridan’s Sicario) that some jobs need armies, not rogues.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Militias also teamed up with election deniers to conduct covert surveillance of ballot drop boxes during the midterm elections, recent leaks published by Distributed Denial of Secrets and reported by WIRED show.Tess Owen, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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The center, which opened in 2022, is responsible for deciphering, and defeating, surreptitious efforts to rig or tilt the American vote.David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Prince cites a conversation with Atlantic CEO (and former WIRED editor in chief) Nick Thompson as inspiration for the project; Thompson had discussed how many different publishers had encountered surreptitious web scrapers.Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2024
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Tracking helped to transform a small, furtive ape into a global force.Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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With his floppy auburn hair, David oozed charisma despite seeming furtive, somewhat ill-at-ease, and in a hurry.Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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