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counterplotted

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past tense of counterplot

as in plotted

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During the Hugging Face breach, OpenAI agents autonomously plotted a digital heist that went undetected for more than a week, intensifying concerns OpenAI is sacrificing safety to push the AI frontier.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Emily’s misguided research ultimately proves that love stories can’t be plotted and graphed like science experiments; more modern studio romantic comedies could stand to learn the same lesson.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

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Neal, who grew up a 49ers fan, put it bluntly when he and his father were asked why the family was so intrigued by the Seahawks in particular.

— Andrew Destin, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Since Simpson was drafted out of Georgia Tech in 2022, Mottola wanted Rays minor-league coaches to refrain from making any changes, intrigued to see how far the unique skill set could take him.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2026

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Davis’s Friday ruling means the government must now disclose who devised the fund’s structure, but the information will not necessarily be made available to the public.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
Engineers devised a lower-thrust trajectory that saved BepiColombo's mission but delayed its Mercury arrival from December 2025 to November 2026.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2026

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Prosecutors say the former labor and delivery nurse planned the killings and contrived to get her husband out of the house by sending him to pick up medicine for one of their children and dinner for the family.

— Michael Casey, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of contrived

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Right before halftime, TCU had a screen schemed up for junior wide receiver Jeremy Scott on third-and-3, but Craig’s pass was so low Scott had to fall trying to make the catch and failed to get the conversion.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
The synopsis goes on to tease dramatic domestic and international affairs, as it was revealed in the closing moments of season three that Hal and President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) had schemed to steal a Russian nuclear weapon.

— Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026

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Having never been to Woodstock before the idea of the festival was first hatched, Blaustein, along with her then-husband, the late Laurent Rejto, created a film festival without any funds or fame.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
ChatGPT wasn’t hatched beneath a volcano to take over the world.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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Prosecutors argued Lil Durk conspired with five members of his Only the Family (OTF) collective to kill Tyquian Bowman, alias Quando Rondo.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2026
Because Bush made clear his intention to attack Iraq, a nation that allegedly conspired with Al Qaeda.

— Matthew Warshauer, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

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