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Thompson is perfectly paired with Wilson, an actor who can go from disheveled wallflower to calculating plotter to deer-in-the-headlights comic fighter with a widening of the eye or twisting of the lips.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025 -
The plotters received extensive aid from the U.S., where plans were also drawn up to provide military support should the upheaval devolve into a civil war.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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His second administration isn't a story about how dirty trails all lead up to one grand schemer, but rather that there’s no scheme at all.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Taylor Momsen, who played the social-climbing schemer across the first four seasons of the teen drama, recently divulged the details of her abrupt exit from the show.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Machinator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinator. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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