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Recent Examples of counterplot
Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
Noun
Bit by bit, the castle at Elsinore (broodingly rendered by scenic designer Lee Savage) turns into a stage for life-and-death plots and counterplots.
—Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterplot
Noun
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That injury adds another layer of intrigue to what was already a compelling matchup.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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Much of the intrigue around Lohner is projecting — a word Payton tossed out after the Broncos drafted him.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
7 July 2025
Verb
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These tariff rates range between 25% and 50%, with the highest tariff reserved for Brazil, where Trump has objected to the prosecution of the country’s former, right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly plotting a coup.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
14 July 2025
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At the behest of Cook, the group was beginning to plot a show to save the beloved Shepherd’s Bush concert venue Bush Hall.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Dell, meanwhile, loses her chance at knowing who killed her mother, due to the sheriff’s machinations.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
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But the machinations for the Heat assuredly are ongoing.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 June 2025
Verb
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The Giants will need to scheme Lawrence to keep four hands off him.—
Geoffrey Knox,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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And the audience was eager to be swept away on another escapade with these stylish and scheming women.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The facility had been subject to sabotage and subterfuge by Israel for many years even before these attacks–including a computer virus that wrecked the centrifuges over a decade ago.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
26 June 2025
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When the magazine writer Dylan (Daryl Wein) and his girlfriend and photographer, Lucy (Abigail Cowen), descend upon the rocker Milo (Jack Farthing), there’s subterfuge afoot.—
Lisa Kennedy,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Verb
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The death of Daniel Park, the Washington state man accused of conspiring to bomb a fertility clinic in California, is being investigated as a suicide, according to Park's former defense attorney.—
Scott MacFarlane
July 6,
CBS News,
6 July 2025
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An indictment accuses Abrego Garcia of conspiring to bring immigrants into the United States illegally from various Central and South American countries.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
4 July 2025
Noun
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One co-conspirator was charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy for attempting to conceal and destroy evidence and faces up to 10 years in prison, The Center Square reported.—
Bethany Blankley,
The Washington Examiner,
11 July 2025
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Worse, she’s being painted as a de facto Deep State operative in an administration obsessed with Deep State conspiracies lurking under every desk.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Zegler crushes the song, eking out of it every ounce of emotion, real and contrived.—
Demetrios Matheou,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2025
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And contrived occasions to hash out opposing worldviews, usually over brunch.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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“Counterplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplot. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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