How to Use collusion in a Sentence

collusion

noun
  • The company was acting in collusion with manufacturers to inflate prices.
  • There is no collusion, there is no bribery, there is no abuse of power.
    — Andrew Oxford, azcentral, 12 June 2020
  • Com to look at prices at nearby apartments, is that collusion and price fixing?
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Tuite and Wright then accused the two of collusion, the claims says.
    — Kenny Jacoby and Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2020
  • That kind of collusion couldn’t happen now since the final matches in each group kick off at the same time.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime.
    — Alex Ward, Vox, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The Mueller probe should never have been started and that there was no collusion and there was no crime.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • That group passed the philosophy to the next, which won a battle over collusion claims.
    — Dallas News, 16 June 2020
  • This sort of collusion would stem from a certain type of algorithms, the researchers say.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2019
  • In this global collusion of distractions there was no longer any room for Michael.
    — László F. Földényi, Harper’s Magazine , 13 Mar. 2023
  • Reid filed his own collusion grievance against the NFL last week.
    — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 10 May 2018
  • Still, none of it added up to the collusion suggested in Steele's memos.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN, 18 Nov. 2021
  • But on the question of collusion, the senators split along party lines.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Hergé’s collusion with the Nazis didn’t hurt his career after the war, Handy writes.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 22 May 2017
  • There was a lot more collusion with Ukraine than in Russia, where there doesn’t appear to be any.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The details in the Russian collusion hoax file is demonic—this is evil stuff.
    — FOXNews.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • And the best among them take steps to avoid conflict of interest or the appearance of collusion and favoritism.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2024
  • If he isn’t wooed by somebody, then collusion again is the star of the show, but there aren’t many kings out there willing to offer the crown jewels.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Posts, videos and memes falsely claim that the attack stemmed from collusion between Hamas and Israel.
    — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
  • This was during the collusion era, when owners tried to suppress salaries by not offering free agents their market value.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Meantime the Owo remain in full, fierce collusion with the colonists, mainly Portuguese.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Jones alleges fraud and collusion in the bankruptcy auction in which The Onion was the winning bid.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The need to crack down on corporate collusion with the CCP has never been stronger than at this moment.
    — Marco Rubio, National Review, 3 Feb. 2022
  • And what was the NFL’s punishment for these collusion findings?
    — Omar Kelly july 14, Miami Herald, 14 July 2025
  • The filthy talk of collusion, of course hyperbolized by Unsocial Media, again is crawling out of the swamp.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Bid rigging and collusion among contractors can also become an issue.
    — Meily Perez, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
  • Kaepernick files a grievance against NFL team owners, citing collusion to keep him out of the league.
    — Barry Wilner, The Denver Post, 7 June 2020
  • The only collusion is the Democrats colluded with the Russians.
    — NBC News, 27 May 2018
  • Even if a team became less willing to guarantee money, that, by itself, would not constitute collusion, since the team would be acting on its own.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Kaepernick wound up settling a collusion case against the NFL in 2019.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 June 2020

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