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Recent Examples of conspiratorial
McCarthyite revivalism has flitted around the edges of American conservatism since the senator fell from grace during his conspiratorial anti-Communist campaign in the 1950s.
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
The messages accused Jewish community members of conspiratorial wrongdoing and threatened a program to monitor their behavior, the Daily reported.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026
Greene gained notoriety as a staunch Trump supporter in Congress and was often under fire for polarizing comments and conspiratorial beliefs.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
One person combined both, along with conspiratorial commentary.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
The messages accused Jewish community members of conspiratorial wrongdoing and threatened a program to monitor their behavior, the Daily reported.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2026
Greene gained notoriety as a staunch Trump supporter in Congress and was often under fire for polarizing comments and conspiratorial beliefs.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
One person combined both, along with conspiratorial commentary.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorial
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Adult Swim viewers became part of a late-night collective bearing witness to clandestine artifacts anyone who went to bed at a reasonable hour would only hear about from their bleary-eyed friends.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2026
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The documentary is built around the investigative work of journalists Katya Hakim and Denis Korotkov who picked up the mantle from three colleagues who were brutally slain while looking into Wagner’s clandestine activities in Africa.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2026
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Alexander Csergo, a Sydney business consultant, faces up to 15 years in prison after being the second person to be convicted under Australian laws against covert interference and espionage.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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The program remained covert for decades and was publicly exposed in 1986 when technician Mordechai Vanunu leaked photographs and information about the site.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Mar. 2026
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The filmmakers and inmates carried out this investigation in secret, through anonymous phone calls and surreptitious recordings, ultimately revealing systemic rot inside a sadistic prison system.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Mar. 2026
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None was required for that surreptitious exchange– two dollars for a warm burrito neatly wrapped.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
5 Feb. 2026
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But the celebrations in one Tehran neighborhood were also furtive and short-lived to avoid riot police or members of the Basij, a voluntary auxiliary force with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.—
Ramin Mostaghim,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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The military can be more furtive about its movements ahead of an operation, taking steps to hide aircraft from detection.—
Nancy A. Youssef,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Conspiratorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorial. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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