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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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The series mines an old strain of film comedy in which a team of innocent idiots are thrown into a world of crime or intrigue.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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The series then deepens the intrigue in Episode 6 when Zero Day Commission employee Pennington (Jay Klaitz) breaks down how the malware spread so effectively.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Was only the first season really plotted out in any meaningful way?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.—
Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Having served as Ambassador to Washington D.C., Beijing, Singapore, and the Czech republic, Jaishankar enjoys a huge comparative advantage over his global peers, because of his familiarity with the machine and machinations of modern diplomacy.—
Vasuki Shastry,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Of course, all machinations are born of a cursed monkey toy that proves impossible to get rid of, whether hacked to pieces or thrown down a well.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Throughout the 26-day game, players will build shelter, survive with meager food and hunt their own, compete in exhausting challenges and be forced to scheme and backstab to vote out other players.—
Emily DeLetter,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Trump pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who spent eight years in prison on multiple corruption charges, including scheming to sell a vacant Senate seat.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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With a bit of guidance, navigating between the classic go-to’s and the newer dining options are scattered throughout the properties can lead to incredible culinary discoveries, plenty of popping champagne bottles and even a dash of historical subterfuge.—
Alissa Fitzgerald,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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This sequence introduces The Agency as a maze of contradictory nationalist motivations, paranoia-inducing surveillance, and prevalent subterfuge — and, in its hidden center, a love story.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In May 2023, a jury found Lori guilty of murdering Tylee and J.J. and of conspiring to murder Tammy, as well as of grand theft.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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This is the second homicide the prison has reported this year, which includes the attack on Rude. Kennedy was accused of conspiring with Yates to kill Rude last month, CDCR said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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She was arrested on suspicion of robbery (conspiracy) and resisting or obstructing officers, according to the news release.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Mar. 2025
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The former cartel leader is facing multiple charges, including drug trafficking and conspiracy to murder, in the Eastern District of New York.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And the overt nod to the sinking of the Titanic feels contrived, since there is little obvious connection between the 1912 maritime disaster and the political intrigues of 17th-century Denmark.—
Houman Barekat,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Back then, the weather was an easy way to contrive narrative tension for a story whose ending felt too obvious.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Counterplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplot. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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