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[plot] / plΙ’t /








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Within the cables, Giaka places Megrahi in Malta - where the bomb was said to have been planted - at a key time in the Lockerbie plot.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Here’s where I confess that after two watches, I’m still hazy on the plot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

The plot is slight to the point of wispiness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Umbu Ana allows his "ata" to earn a little money as a motorcycle taxi driver and to grow his own food on a small plot of land.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Later that year, Mother Peggy Fox died of typhoid fever and was buried in the Underhill family plot in Brooklyn.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Going to the movies should not require hours of research to choose a theater, negotiating with a scalper or finding AI-aided plots to game the system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

"There are plots round the back where you've got garages but there's not enough to put all the cars, so obviously they have to stay where they are," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The government has allocated more than 40 plots of land in La Guaira, totaling about 584,000 square meters, for the construction of new homes, Rodriguez said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

They also note that many of the willow plots compared between 2001 and 2020 were not the same locations.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026

Dark and deep as the mud of the Nile, Set brooded lumpily through a mist of sandalwood incense—ninety-nine cents at Schmitt’s—over all kinds of mystic ceremonies, weird rites and wicked plots.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Then, they plotted his pivot to ceasefire negotiations, on March 22, his acceptance of one on April 7, and his decision to focus on a memorandum of understanding on May 18.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

I’ve received a number of emails in recent weeks about The Prudent Speculator, which is the newsletter with the best 46-year record mentioned above and plotted in the chart.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Some establishments had plotted England's potential progress through the tournament and have already applied for and received an event notice.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Partly that’s due to a beautifully plotted courtroom scenario and the immersive performances of Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, reuniting after “A Different Man,” as parents increasingly out of their depths.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Mayor Matthews, him who plotted to kill General Washington, escaped from the rebel prison and returned to New York in triumph.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

It was nominated for Best Picture, proving the director could still rake in big bucks without the help of Batman IP and with the intricate plotting of his earliest works.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

But given the number of people complaining about the show’s pokey plotting, it was fair to wonder if “The Bear” would again make the cut for Season 4.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Beshir has partnered with nightlife impresario Kim Kelly, who is plotting a “Sleep No More”-inspired walk-around theatrical show for the Sunset House venue later this year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The author’s typically ludicrous plotting centers on a father convicted of the murder of his young son in this eight-part series starring Sam Worthington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

"I bet, in all your vigorous plotting, you didn't learn about Heather Beauregard."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton




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