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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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Adding an extra layer of intrigue is Jack Dorsey, the former Twitter CEO who Rooks was previously rumored to have dated.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Heading into the summer, Howe and the decision-makers at St James’ Park were surely plotting how to move forward again.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Reiko Matsumura, a Yolo County sheriff’s deputy, is named on property records for a home and farmland plotted beside her sister Tammy’s property, where the explosions took place.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
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The Heat previously had been hard capped at the higher second tax apron, due to the machinations of the Robinson trade.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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It was intended to provide greater access to the machinations of the co-op and to accommodate members with disabilities, the elderly and parents who can't make it to the hours-long evening meetings, according to CJ Glackin, one of the sponsors of the referendum.—
Vanessa Romo,
NPR,
7 July 2025
Verb
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Humans could scheme and possibly find a means of turning off AI or otherwise defeating AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Charles Lee is, too, in his own way, given that Sexton provides the Hornets coach with another weapon to force the opposition to scheme for.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
17 July 2025
Noun
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An especially Jewish theme in the seventeenth century was not only the necessity but the dignity of subterfuge; to have lived in the shadows of another people’s empire had a nobility of its own, captured in this exquisite and ambivalent image.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
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People generally might not realize the subterfuge at play.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Pryor, 36, accused the defendants of conspiring to violate antitrust law and unjustly enriching themselves.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
19 July 2025
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Clean Your Gutters Even if everything inside is ready to battle hot, humid air, your home’s exterior forces may be conspiring against you.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
17 July 2025
Noun
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In November, Vaillant was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 4.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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Kingston will receive his sentence on Aug. 28, just under five months after he and his 63-year-old mother were found guilty of four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
24 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 30 Jul. 2025.
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