Example Sentences

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The full-back issue has not gone unnoticed at the Football Association - interim England Under-23s boss Lauren Smith admits they have been plotting a succession plan for more than 18 months.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

If you have been plotting your escape from Earth but don’t yet have a destination in mind, I’d suggest setting a course for the planet Atlantica.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2021

“For more than three years I have been plotting, planning, training and preparing for the Tokyo Olympics,” said Craven, who competed in the 2012 and 2016 Games.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2021

She’s so calculating that she must have been plotting this all along – has she just been playing a long game to get back at Piper for leaving her after her mother’s death?

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2014

I felt a flush of embarrassment to be caught shopping when I should have been plotting a revolution.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez