Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplotting
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Still, no reason to do this to Kyle, who is just only recovering from his self-destructive spiral and who has no idea that his friend is plotting to steal his girl again.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Its director, and franchise mastermind, Rian Johnson has proven himself a master of the whodunnit form with these films, showing a knack for Agatha Christie puzzle-plotting that, well, the actual adapters of Christie haven’t shown in recent years.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lai pleaded not guilty to a sedition charge and two counts of colluding with foreign forces, a crime punishable by life in prison under the national security law.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
28 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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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
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Somehow, the upper hand never lingers long with Sally and Barnaby, drolly played by Gunning and Corden as a conniving Tweedledee and Tweedledum, loyal to no one and convinced their venality is justified by their father’s history of terrible parenting.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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There is a real seriousness to the score — the scheming bad-guy music has the artfulness of Prokofiev, and even the sneaking-around cues have musical integrity and structure.—
Tim Greiving,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Oliver Assayas’ topical drama The Wizard of the Kremlin, revolving around a scheming Russian spin doctor who smooths Vladimir Putin’s ascent to power in the 1990s, world premiered in Venice this afternoon.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
31 Aug. 2025
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One of the biggest difficulties in devising laws on the topic of AI for mental health involves defining what constitutes AI for mental health.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 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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In a social media post shared to Telford’s Exotic Zoo in mid-August, the wildlife park revealed that casquehead iguanas were hatching, before sharing why this time was a bit more magical than any birth before.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Or can incubate one to the point of hatching?—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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Donna is the fifth person convicted of conspiring to murder Markel, 41, who was embroiled in a bitter custody dispute over his two sons with Donna’s daughter, Wendi Adelson.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Having rolled out the red carpet in Alaska, Trump on Wednesday accused Putin of conspiring with China and North Korea after the three countries' leaders staged a show of unity in Beijing at a lavish commemoration of the end of World War Two.—
John Irish,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Counterplotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplotting. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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