verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
story
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Should she concoct some story about him having a violently contagious disease?
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The image of Citrona as fascinating and repellant at once seems to be what most interested Cruz in concocting this story .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Debbie started the business by concocting recipes in her kitchen.
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For the party, they had concocted a special cocktail containing, among other things, rum and vodka.
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Lawyers claim that she's a nut who's concocted a story of date rape.
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Whenever I had a cold, my grandmother would concoct a remedy out of herbs, ginger, lemons and garlic.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Merseyside and Manchester both proved last week that it is possible to concoct high drama without substituting motivation for mutilation.
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If visitors ask him how he concocted the maze, he tells them straight-faced that he relied upon GPSthe Global Positioning System.
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In medieval times, professional perfumers would concoct personal scents for their clients from six to eight special ingredients.
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Many thanks for concocting a circular for's Edinburgh week-end.
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Most of us were pie-eyed drunk from the boilermakers Doy had been concocting out of palm spirits and San Miguel.