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Recent Examples of counterplot
Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
Noun
Bit by bit, the castle at Elsinore (broodingly rendered by scenic designer Lee Savage) turns into a stage for life-and-death plots and counterplots.
—Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplot
Noun
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That injury adds another layer of intrigue to what was already a compelling matchup.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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Much of the intrigue around Lohner is projecting — a word Payton tossed out after the Broncos drafted him.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Heading into the summer, Howe and the decision-makers at St James’ Park were surely plotting how to move forward again.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Republicans are plotting a similar scheme in Texas to secure their tenuous hold on Congress.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Merrill monitored the machinations by the Padres front office Thursday with increasing glee and validation.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
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In an unsigned statement to the Statesman, the Lottery Commission declined to insert itself into the internal budget-writing machinations of the Legislature.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Humans could scheme and possibly find a means of turning off AI or otherwise defeating AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Charles Lee is, too, in his own way, given that Sexton provides the Hornets coach with another weapon to force the opposition to scheme for.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
17 July 2025
Noun
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That phonetic play alone already signals one of the project’s theoretical subterfuges: that of exploring the most advanced conditions of the subject’s annihilation as a foundational precondition for artistic authority.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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An especially Jewish theme in the seventeenth century was not only the necessity but the dignity of subterfuge; to have lived in the shadows of another people’s empire had a nobility of its own, captured in this exquisite and ambivalent image.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
Verb
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Axon accused the league and other teams’ owners of conspiring to remove him and his associated businesses from the league and taking away his control of the franchise.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 July 2025
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Issa Asad, 51 and his telecom company, Q Link Wireless, were sentenced in Miami federal court Thursday on charges of conspiring to commit wire fraud, steal government money, and conspiring to defraud the United States.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
26 July 2025
Noun
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Sanders is also charged with being an accessory after the fact, while Powell is charged with possession of schedule six drugs and criminal conspiracy, Goodman said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
4 Aug. 2025
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Burkman and Wohl, both of Virginia, pleaded no contest to intimidating voters, conspiracy to violate election law, using a computer to violate election law and using a computer in a criminal conspiracy, Nessel's office announced.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Zegler crushes the song, eking out of it every ounce of emotion, real and contrived.—
Demetrios Matheou,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2025
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And contrived occasions to hash out opposing worldviews, usually over brunch.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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“Counterplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplot. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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