Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplotting
Verb
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The Kremlin rejected the allegation, stressing that Putin was not plotting against Washington.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025 -
The case became even more horrifying when he was accused of plotting to silence a key witness.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
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Lai, a British national, stands accused of two counts of colluding with foreign forces – a crime punishable by life in prison under the 2020 national security law imposed by Beijing – and a separate sedition charge.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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Cicero was found telling premeditated lies and colluding with players, employing deceptive tactics pivotal to the game.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Dec. 2024
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This conniving force of darkness is pretty simple at a basic level.—
Vivian Tu,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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Feeling profoundly betrayed and abandoned by David, Rebecca’s loyalty lies with the vicious and conniving Juno, the only family she’s known for the last decade.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
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The arrest made headlines on local news and country-music websites for the bizarre situation that seemed like a cross between the scheming TV show Nashville andCNBC’s American Greed.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Wizard of the Kremlin, revolving around a scheming Russian spin doctor who smooths Vladimir Putin’s ascent to power in the 1990s, world premieres in Venice this weekend.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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Bob-Waksberg and his collaborators retain their impressive gift for devising ludicrous comic set pieces to go alongside the heavier material.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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Butorac has spent much of the past year quizzing, cajoling and nudging those stars, ultimately devising a format geared to their needs.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Or can incubate one to the point of hatching?—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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After hatching, the larvae eat the living flesh.—
Dave Wessner,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In November 2016, a federal court in New York found two members of the presidential family – nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores – guilty of conspiring to traffic cocaine to the United States after they were arrested by the DEA in Haiti.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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He has been charged federally with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and operating a premises for the purpose of trafficking narcotics.—
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FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Counterplotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplotting. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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