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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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Adding to the intrigue, DeMille strongly implies that the kidnapping was actually orchestrated by investor Cricket Birch (Bojana Novakovic), a revelation that comes truly out of left field considering their romance.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Late last month, an enormous structure was erected on the South Lawn, towering over the White House mansion behind it, and sparking intrigue on Instagram, X and other social platforms.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Bolsonaro was arrested and ultimately convicted of plotting a coup to overturn the results of that election.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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But, increasingly convinced that Mossadegh was an extremist allied with communism, the Eisenhower administration began to plot his ouster.—
Andrew Arsan,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Should Wiggins opt into the final season on his contract, he then could be subbed in for Herro in the machinations of a Giannis deal.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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Humankind doesn’t need to fully grasp the inner machinations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Detective John Bolden, 47, a 20-year NYPD veteran who retired from the force in October, schemed to fleece the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which offered loans to small businesses forced to close or at risk of closing during the COVID pandemic.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
3 June 2026
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Lesley Manville plays the scheming Marquise de Merteuil.—
Anna Russell,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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If the Allies had had to postpone the invasion for the next moon-tide alignment later in the month, the subterfuge would have been exposed.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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Jakirovic was speaking before the EFL’s independent commission came down heavy on Southampton’s subterfuge.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
Verb
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Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California, were each charged with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, according to a DOJ news release.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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The 21-year-old trafficked drugs and conspired online with other Kiccdoe members to shoot and kill someone in a rival gang, the release states.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Karen Read filed her lawsuit against Canton and the MSP not only to reveal shockingly obscene and racist text messages between key cops investigating her — but also to relitigate the defense theory of conspiracy to frame her.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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Aliens on the loose, serial killer investigations, family conspiracies, abusive cults, and robots gone rogue are just a few scenarios guaranteed to grab your attention and spike your blood pressure…and they all can be found on the list below.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Verb
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The work lies in making that interface feel truthful rather than contrived.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Credibility gets strained pretty quickly as the playwrights contrive to get the characters to face each other in person.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Counterplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplot. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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