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Littered with too many red herrings and subplots, the story leapfrogs about and prevents viewers from getting emotionally invested about solving the crime at its crux.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
The advice for England fans seeking levity and distraction amid the team’s intense start to their European Championship defence was to flick over to ITV X, the streaming platform for one of the UK’s Euros broadcasters, for the wildest subplot of the tournament.
—Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 12 July 2025
The conventionality that Gunn resorts to includes a subplot with the Green Lantern League, a jokey crew of XYZ-men knock-offs.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 July 2025
Ultimately, the Antonio/Sebastian subplot feels like more of a distraction than an addition to the play’s already messy central relationships and complex gender dynamics.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
The advice for England fans seeking levity and distraction amid the team’s intense start to their European Championship defence was to flick over to ITV X, the streaming platform for one of the UK’s Euros broadcasters, for the wildest subplot of the tournament.
—Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 12 July 2025
The conventionality that Gunn resorts to includes a subplot with the Green Lantern League, a jokey crew of XYZ-men knock-offs.
—Armond White, National Review, 11 July 2025
Ultimately, the Antonio/Sebastian subplot feels like more of a distraction than an addition to the play’s already messy central relationships and complex gender dynamics.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subplot
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Past that, the entire thing seems to be an Amazon infomercial with the company directly integrated into the plot in a way that involves delivery drivers, Amazon drones and gift cards as key aspects to solving the alien invasion.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Advertisement These plots literally collide when the Maginot falls to Earth, crash-landing in a city controlled by Kavalier’s upstart company, Prodigy.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Its choices have also been limited by other US actions – India was forced to stop buying oil from Iran and Venezuela after Trump imposed sanctions and threatened tariffs against countries that bought from those places.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Forbidden City: No genre film festival would be complete without a big martial arts action extravaganza.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Share stories of lateral moves in company updates—not as policy footnotes but as real growth journeys.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Subplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplot. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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