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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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After a three-year NBA apprenticeship as a minus-impact tease with the theoretical, hazy outlines of intrigue because of his height and length, Thor, 22, looked a bit more like an actual basketball player for the Cavs and Wizards last season.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Researchers are hopeful that the results of this study will continue to fuel intrigue into the mysterious Denisovans and provide new methods for identifying more members of the Denisovan lineage in East Asia.—
Stephanie Edwards,
Discover Magazine,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Sitting around the long table in the Cabinet Room, Netanyahu reminded Trump that Iran had plotted to assassinate him, according to one of the officials who attended the meeting.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
19 June 2025
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The State of Connecticut on Wednesday dropped criminal contempt charges against Michelle Troconis, who’s already serving more than 14 years for helping plot the murder of her then-boyfriend’s estranged wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2025
Noun
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This hardly comes as a surprise, and American policymakers have plenty of experience in dealing with such machinations.—
KORI SCHAKE,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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For now, all moves, from the subtle to the substantial, will likely remain on hold until there is resolution with Durant and the trade machinations of the Phoenix Suns.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 June 2025
Verb
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The teacher becomes a hapless victim in what appear to be highly improbable situations, orchestrated by a cartoonishly scheming Ritsuko to frame Seichii.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
19 June 2025
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The Veep alum first joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as scheming agent Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in The Falcon and Winter Soldier, and has since made splashy appearances in Black Widow, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and most recently, Thunderbolts*.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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The facility had been subject to sabotage and subterfuge by Israel for many years even before these attacks–including a computer virus that wrecked the centrifuges over a decade ago.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
26 June 2025
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When the magazine writer Dylan (Daryl Wein) and his girlfriend and photographer, Lucy (Abigail Cowen), descend upon the rocker Milo (Jack Farthing), there’s subterfuge afoot.—
Lisa Kennedy,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Verb
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The Justice Department indicted him in May on two counts of conspiring to smuggle and transport migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Ecuador into the U.S.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
25 June 2025
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The men were charged and later pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute narcotics, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Kansas City Star,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Erik Fleming Erik Fleming, a TV director and former acquaintance of Perry's from Los Angeles' Hawthorne neighborhood, pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death, per the press release.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Former treatment center director Erik Fleming, who was involved in the fatal dose, entered a guilty plea in August to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
16 June 2025
Verb
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But when Arthur is released unharmed, rumors fly that the whole thing was a plot contrived by the son to extort money from his father.—
Caroline Fraser
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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Her lawyers say she was framed for the death in an elaborate conspiracy contrived by Massachusetts cops.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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“Counterplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplot. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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