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counterplotted

verb

past tense of counterplot

as in plotted

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During the Cold War, as futurists on both sides of the Iron Curtain plotted to control the direction of history, another group coalesced around a more modest idea.

— Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
For the celebration itself, Jess and Nasko plotted a week of activities bouncing off (American) Labor Day weekend.

— Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

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When Kansas City launched a program to help local businesses fill vacant storefronts during the FIFA World Cup, Béty Lê Shackelford was intrigued.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
Frozen yogurt experienced a boom in the early 2000s, Webster noted, when consumers were similarly intrigued by healthier-sounding options.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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So the study’s authors, led by Tuhin Chakrabarty, a professor of computer science at Stony Brook University, devised another check.

— Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 27 July 2026
Many believe Newton was the lone genius who devised this branch of mathematics all on his own.

— Michael Muthukrishna, Fortune, 23 July 2026

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Until, of course, the final game (which was not technically the final)… when Brazil contrived to lose a 1-0 lead, and Uruguay triumphed against all odds.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 23 July 2026
The British hotel chain Malmaison contrived the United Kingdom’s first prison-into-hotel conversion as part of an urban renewal project at Oxford Castle, situated between Oxford’s train station and shopping district.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 July 2026

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Shanahan schemed up multiple 100-yard games for Kendrick Bourne, and even journeyman Demarcus Robinson had 111 yards in the playoffs against the Eagles — neither receiver had a 100-yard game since 2022.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 29 July 2026
Prosecutors detailed at least four games in which the defendants are alleged to have schemed to have Beasley manipulate individual game stats for the benefit of gamblers.

— Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 1 July 2026

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Charlie hatched at the Maryland Zoo in 1986 and lived at the Georgia Aquarium for decades.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 31 July 2026
These plans have been hatched prior to the final one taking place in less than a month’s time and are understood to have been discussed at a recent roundtable with figures from the local sector.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 July 2026

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Beginning with that February 1st conference call, Big Players conspired to suppress scientific discussion.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
The Steiners sued eBay and the defendants in 2021, alleging that the company conspired to intimidate and silence them because of their journalism.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 29 July 2026

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