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Recent Examples of counterplot
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
  • The artifacts within the box get players into the mood for their intrigues.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The intrigue: On Dec. 2, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C) went to Mar-a-Lago for a round of golf with Trump.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Paper maps of the area with at least two evacuation routes plotted.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Founded in 2021 and now employing more than 100 people whose backgrounds include experience at SpaceX, Tesla, and Rivian, Arc has plotted a course somewhat similar to the Tesla journey that began with the two-seat Roadster.
    Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Kate Beckinsale detailed her experiences of systemic Hollywood sexism in a lengthy Instagram video, highlighting the machinations in place to silence women who dare to speak up about on-set assault or harassment.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But her routine is disrupted when an eight-year-old American boy arrives at the hotel and becomes wise to her machinations.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Multiple law enforcement officials have warned of bad actors scheming to take advantage of charitable people looking to chip in and give to those in need due to the fires.
    Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2025
  • New York Jets: Anthony Weaver Anthony Weaver's ability to scheme and develop defenses will be a massive asset for a Jets team that needs a head coach to help get the most out of its young players.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In an era rife with conspiracy theories and subterfuge, how much of those forces are products of our own doing, perhaps our imagining?
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The story that follows includes intense political subterfuge, villainous monologues, and heart-wrenching character deaths.
    Courtney Mifsud Intreglia, TIME, 18 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • In September, a jury of a dozen Ada County residents unanimously sided with Big City Coffee owner Sarah Fendley, who argued that the administrators violated her First Amendment right to free speech while conspiring to close her campus shop near the university’s library in October 2020.
    Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Smith’s report would provide the fullest description yet of the investigation that led to Trump's indictments for allegedly conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The Baldoni team is heightening a sense of conspiracy around the situation, during a period in which trust in mainstream organizations like the Times has eroded.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys extremist groups were convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors described as plots to use violence to stop the peaceful transfer of power from Trump, the Republican incumbent, to Biden.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • After ending 2024 with successive Premier League defeats, Enzo Maresca’s side contrived to throw away a lead late on as Crystal Palace rallied to claim a draw at Selhurst Park.
    Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • In an age where this sort of thing is incredibly important to advocates of authentic representation, the controversy seems more than a little silly and contrived.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Counterplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterplot. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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