counterplotting

present participle of counterplot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplotting
Verb
  • Others, like Ghiath Dalla, a brigadier general whose forces were involved in violent repression of protests, is among several former officers plotting sabotage from Lebanon, according to ex-military commanders, who also shared text message exchanges with The Times.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The president revoked Bolton’s Secret Service detail earlier this year, even as Iranian operatives remained under an indictment for plotting to assassinate him.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In episode two, Alex is ambushed by her bosses and a representative from the network’s legal team, who unearthed footage of Alex colluding with Roya and Arsham inside the UBN studio.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Trinidad and Tobago responded swiftly, with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar rejecting any suggestion that her government was colluding with the United States against Venezuela.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Was there people conniving and being evil?
    Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Through Laura’s protective eyes, this striver who has gotten her claws into Daniel is conniving, hypersexual, possibly a thief, definitely a liar.
    Judy Berman, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In London, Angelica used her private connections to elevate her husband’s public power, scheming to ensure Church’s election to Parliament in 1790.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Ocean's Eleven hit theaters in 2001, starring Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Bernie Mac, and more as a crew of criminals scheming to rob three Las Vegas casinos.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For 39 years, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act has required redistricting institutions to consider racial and ethnic minority representation when devising congressional districts.
    Sam D. Hayes, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The problem in devising such a tax is defining what constitutes a robot.
    Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The two theories triggered widespread alarm in the comment section, with viewers imagining what might be hatching above the woman's hotel bed.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This would need to be done at least every two weeks to prevent any new chicks from hatching, according to a US Department of Agriculture Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service document on gull interference with people and businesses.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dryden entered a guilty plea in federal court earlier this year on charges of conspiring to create and distribute animal crush videos.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Here is someone who has had industry powers conspiring against him.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Counterplotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplotting. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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