Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplotting
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But the city is plotting a decisive — if a little uneven — course toward a carbon-free future.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026 -
Lowe's merchandising and marketing teams have started plotting out a 12-month plan of items that the company bets could become trending products, with about three to five items debuting each quarter, Wilson said.—
Melissa Repko,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2026
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Our guide to the best upcoming sci-fi movies in 2026 features a blockbuster mix of popular franchises, intriguing one-offs, and one of the greatest directors of all time heading back to alien visitation territory.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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New York has intriguing young outfielders in Jasson Domínguez and Spencer jones, but Bellinger was the team's second best player in the lineup this season.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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And which corporations or corporate partnerships, which are such a huge part, of course, of the Fallout universe, may have been colluding and why?—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Jan. 2026
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According to the lawsuit, the former employee later admitted to colluding with a former Denny’s supervisor to divert the funds.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Tim Robbins stars as a simple, entry-level employee at a big New York corporation who is promoted to CEO by a conniving member of the board of directors (Paul Newman), as part of a strategic attempt to tank the stock price following the old CEO’s suicide.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
30 Dec. 2025
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Just like in the novel, the new adaptation features Dan Killian (Josh Brolin) as the show's conniving producer and Bobby Thompson (Colman Domingo) as the flashy host.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 Nov. 2025
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Playing the harried mother of Macauley Culkin’s scheming son Kevin, O’Hara became a generation of moviegoers’ ideal image of a loving, concerned matriarch.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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And that’s scheming up unblocked pressures on defense.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Panthers spent most of Saturday’s game (as well as their previous matchup with the Rams) devising ways to get McMillan and Coker running down the field against those small corners.—
Derrik Klassen,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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The 40-year-old cooks up ways to make quarterbacks miserable in his sleep, devising schemes that are meant to lure as much as they are intended to confuse.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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According to the American Eagle Foundation, bald eagles normally lay one to three eggs per year, with eggs hatching anywhere between 34 and 40 days after incubation.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Bald eagle eggs typically have a 50-50 chance of hatching, according to Sandy Steers, biologist and executive director of Friends of Big Bear Valley.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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Rivera, who will be sentenced Wednesday, faces a maximum of ten years in prison for conspiring to commit murder-for-hire.—
Katrina Kaufman,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Santeiro, 63, of Miami Lakes, was found guilty in March 2022 of nine counts of healthcare fraud, including conspiring with others to bill $112 million to private insurers for detox services that were never provided or were medically unnecessary at two substance-abuse facilities in Broward County.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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