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Definition of counterplot

as in intrigue

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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

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Noun

That doesn’t mean the August PCE is without intrigue, though.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
Their battles for influence, image and desire, in a Spain on the brink of collapse, are observed and narrated with fierce irony by Francisco de Goya, an uneasy witness who turns palace intrigue into a surprisingly contemporary mirror.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of intrigue

Verb

The knowledge of how lunar craters form and evolve could prove useful as humans plot their return to the lunar surface for the first time in more than half a century.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Moving forward, Le Silla has no immediate plans to open more stores, but Paris and London are top of mind as the brand plots its long-term international growth strategy.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of plot

Noun

Across two seasons packed with twisty machinations, Jung’s virtuous prosecutor Jang Geon-young attempted to pin down Hyun’s shamelessly corrupt — but effortlessly cool — intelligence officer Baek Ki-tae, only to be outfoxed at every turn.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
That merger reduced the club’s holding in Barca Produccions and turned it into a subsidiary, though the year just past saw more share machinations.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of machination

Verb

The problem is that the Traitors in the turret (Joe and Tomica) decided keeping a coach around was perhaps even more dangerous due to their ability to scheme and rally people.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
Also in Toronto, Anton Corbijn’s A Talent for Murder pulls a similar trick, re-imagining the late Patricia Highsmith as a scheming host played by Helen Mirren.

— Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of scheme

Verb

After a nearly nine-week trial, the other four defendants were found guilty in May of conspiring with former Colombian soldiers to assassinate Moïse.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
He was later arrested on state charges of possessing a weapon of mass destruction for an act of terrorism and conspiring to or making a bomb threat.

— Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of conspire

Noun

Daniel later pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge connected to his threats, and in June of this year he was sentenced in state court to three years in prison and five years of probation, just weeks before his 19th birthday.

— Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Holmes was convicted by a federal jury in 2022 of wire fraud and conspiracy for lying to investors about her blood-testing company, Theranos.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 28 Sep. 2026

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