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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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Here are five to watch: Midsummer madness NASCAR aims to spur interest, create intrigue and serve track owners.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2025
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The intrigue: Rumor has it Swift could be joined by singer/actress Selena Gomez and Gomez's fiancé, record producer Benny Blanco.—
Troy Smith,
Axios,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Used to ruthlessly controlling everything and everyone around him whatever the cost, Marcos is also secretly plotting a big decision on his daughter’s behalf.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2025
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Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards is already plotting a courtside seat for Dončić’s first game back in Dallas as a visitor.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This is sitcom-level stuff, and the film doesn’t try too hard to make its narrative machinations particularly novel or realistic.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2025
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While little has been publicly spoken about the suspension by either side, there have been a series of behind-the-scenes machinations, including the Heat briefly considering elevating the financial penalty of the suspension.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Spags did a masterful job of scheming against Buffalo’s fourth-and-short plays no matter what anyone thinks of that review, but the Eagles’ tush-push is in a category by itself.—
Hank Gola,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Smith has said politics played no part in his decisions and the evidence his team gathered was sufficient for Trump to have been convicted at trial on charges of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.—
Stephen Groves,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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Using a figurehead Then again, Trump might just want to avoid all of these legal subterfuges by following the example of George and Lurleen Wallace.—
Philip Klinkner,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Venezuelan government regularly accuses members of the opposition and foreign detainees of conspiring with the U.S. to commit terrorism.—
Trevor Hunnicutt and Julia Symmes Cobb,
USA TODAY,
1 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, tensions remain high as government supporters accuse the students of conspiring with foreign intelligence services to destabilize Serbia.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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There’s no real evidence of a Chiefs conspiracy to speak of.—
Sean Gregory,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Not all movies need to serve up profound insights into the human condition, but the ones that don’t should at least be entertaining, and Twohy’s particular strain of absurdism is not just contrived, but deeply unfunny.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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The moral guardrails that hold our society together are not anything contrived by humans, but given by God.—
Lauren Green,
Fox News,
17 Nov. 2024
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“Counterplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplot. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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