Example Sentences

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With confidence growing, the 27th and lowest-ranked team in the tournament are plotting one last hurrah -- a giant-killing against Group C leaders the West Indies in Kolkata on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

But Prospero is jolted into an awareness that Caliban and his confederates are plotting “a foul conspiracy” against his life, and he abruptly ends the show.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

The writers who are plotting this storyline don’t seem to follow any kind of clear logic.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2024

At least in this paper, my starting point is the simple definition of the conspiracy belief which is, again, basically that a group of elites are plotting something in private.

From Salon • May 5, 2024

That’s how it is with people who are plotting something awful.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt