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Example sentences for: intrigue

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All this political intrigue, even though, as the papers report, about three-quarters of all Israelis approve of the accord.
But they did not integrate, nor did they learn the lessons of history; in a palace intrigue, one faction invited the Moors into the country as their allies.
In 1846, during the course of an unsavory palace intrigue involving an unsolved murder, meddling by the queen, and the massacre of some 100 high-ranking court figures who had been lured to a palace courtyard, the instigator of these events became the power behind the throne.
(The Washington Post , which usually plays up Capitol Hill intrigue, reefers this story.)
As usual, the papers spice the abstract financial story with corporate intrigue: The code names for Sprint and MCI were "Snow" and "White," the Journal explains--thus the deal became known as "Snow White."