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There’s also a subplot involving an elderly cancer patient, a pizza restaurant that doesn’t deliver outside of the city, and a crackpot scheme to move the city-limit sign down the highway so that Clara’s crush can get his grandpa’s favorite pie sent to their home.
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
This game’s subplot is the quarterback matchup.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Yet another confusing subplot from a confusing game.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
In one of many tonally jarring subplots, Vince works out a scam to burn down his dead mother’s house in Brooklyn to collect the insurance money with the help of a corrupt fire marshal.
—Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
This game’s subplot is the quarterback matchup.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
Yet another confusing subplot from a confusing game.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
In one of many tonally jarring subplots, Vince works out a scam to burn down his dead mother’s house in Brooklyn to collect the insurance money with the help of a corrupt fire marshal.
—Andrew Bernard, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subplot
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Carpenter is set to star in and produce the as-yet-untitled film, which will be based on Carroll’s work, though exact plot details are being kept under wraps.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
11 Nov. 2025
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The straight-up revenge-o-matic nature of the plot, though true to the book, was somewhat predictably amped up for Arnie’s fanbase, but the best parts of Wright’s version are more subtle than that and play to Powell’s strengths as a vulnerable everyman.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Belém, Brazil Reuters — Dozens of Indigenous protesters forced their way into the COP30 climate summit venue on Tuesday and clashed with security guards at the entrance to demand climate action and forest protection.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 Nov. 2025
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Davidson led for nearly 39 minutes of action, answering each Charlotte comeback attempt run with a flurry of its own, quieting a Halton Arena crowd of 3,712.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Nov. 2025
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This show has always been a part of our love story.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
11 Nov. 2025
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The Bee’s Darrell Smith contributed to this story.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Subplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplot. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.
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