counterplotted

past tense of counterplot

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Traded by the Angels and non-tendered by Atlanta, Canning signed with the Mets because he was intrigued by their successful major-league development of starters last season.
    Tim Britton, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The Ravens would have to be intrigued if Banks falls in the mid-20s.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Before the Frazier and Foreman fight was devised, former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was stripped of the title.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Price controls don’t work, whether they’re devised domestically or imported from abroad.
    Sally Pipes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • During an appearance on The Early Show, Simpson revealed that Johnson asked her parents permission to marry her, and had schemed out the proposal for some time.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
  • But Reddit users have advised her in the comments section to do the opposite, with some even suspecting that there was no other dress and that the bride schemed to wear her stepsister's dress all along.
    Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The escape plan was hatched with the help of Neil.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • When an egg hatched, the tiny chick wasn’t naked.
    ByErik Stokstad, science.org, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • British Major John Andre, who conspired with Benedict Arnold, was confined in this building shortly before his execution.
    Gary Stoller, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The two men allegedly conspired to procure goods and technology from Sadeghi’s place of work and exported them and supplied them to Iran to Abedini’s Iranian company SDRA.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Counterplotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplotted. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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