Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplotted
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Based on the second novel in Freida McFadden’s novel series, The Housemaid’s Secret sees Sydney Sweeney’s Millie Calloway, the housemaid with a troubled past, uncovering a deadly scheme plotted by her employer, Wendy Garrick, who manipulates events to frame Millie for murder.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
15 Mar. 2026 -
Justin Bieber has had multiple stalkers, including a New Mexico man and his nephew who plotted to murder and castrate the pop singer in 2013.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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But when the 11-year-old came across it on his social media feed, he was intrigued.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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Director Genki Kawamura’s ominous feature might well be the ultimate headtrip, and we’re intrigued.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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In 1983, Bennett and Brassard devised a new quantum approach to private communication.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
18 Mar. 2026
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The problem is, this is just the most powerful tool that’s ever been devised.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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The ice bucket set-up for their initial confrontation felt contrived and Vida and Dodie’s dramatic actions involving their hotel room door felt out of character.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Prosecutors with the First Judicial District Attorney's Office claim Heskett contrived a story that he had been attacked by a man near a trail in the state park.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Teams clearly schemed to exploit him in the pick-and-roll.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
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An au pair who schemed with her employer-turned-lover to kill his wife and another man received a 10-year sentence on Friday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some pushed back, and others hatched settlements to get the money restored.—
Brendan Cantwell,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some were adopted, while others were hatched on the farm last year.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
9 Mar. 2026
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In the false traffic stop and arrest scenario, Coberg conspired with Iza in September 2021 to lure another rival from Miami to Los Angeles to set him up for a false drug arrest, prosecutors say.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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The plea agreement further states that from March 2020 to March 2022, Hallford and her husband conspired to defraud the SBA by submitting loan applications containing false information to obtain COVID-19 relief funds and received three separate disbursements from the SBA, totaling $882,300.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Counterplotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplotted. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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