counterplot
Example Sentences
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A secret counterplot to the ensuing “complete chaos” is uncovered by British communications-satellite techy Martin Hepton after a U.S. space shuttle crashes and burns.
From Washington Post
You may find it difficult to sort out all the rivalries and counterplots festering among these women.
From New York Times
On the page, at least, it finds its author awkwardly trying to shoehorn his fabled sense of a melting American identity into the intricate plots and counterplots of the genre known as noir.
From New York Times
“And that’s not a bad thing. There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.”
From New York Times
There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.
From New York Times
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