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The Dodgers lose the plot without the swagger they’re used to from the four-time champion in their midst.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 16, 2026
One plot changed hands in June for a reported £100,000.
From BBC β Aug. 15, 2026
Without evidence of a coordinated effort or plot, it didn’t make sense to put resources into such prosecutions, a former DOJ official who oversaw election cases said.
From Salon β Aug. 15, 2026
The couple denied involvement in the plot, but were both eventually sentenced to 30 years in prison.
From Barron's β Aug. 14, 2026
Through the glass walls, I see a massive plot of golden sand, featuring what looks like a thousand festivals happening at the same time.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
An unknown company was scooping up Kentucky farmland, and few plots were more valuable than those owned by Delsia Bare and her mother, Ida Huddleston.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 16, 2026
A planning inspector ruled five caravans could stay across two plots, giving 16 months for the remaining caravans, hardstanding and part of a road to go.
From BBC β Aug. 15, 2026
The plots of “Spirited Away,” “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Princess Mononoke” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service” are as lucid and pure as spring water, relatively speaking.
From Salon β Aug. 4, 2026
Consider the below chart, which plots the average recommended equity exposure level among short-term stock-market timers who focus on the Nasdaq in particular.
From MarketWatch β Aug. 3, 2026
Moms recently remarked that I wouldn’t need to go to the movies later on, because I know all the plots, the names of the stars and the reviews by heart.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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 β Jul. 22, 2026
This month, “Cool Machine,” a riff on 1980s New York in the form of a tightly plotted crime novel, arrives from Colson Whitehead.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 20, 2026
The startup—last valued at $5.5 billion in 2024 in a secondary tender offer led by General Atlantic and Stripes—has plotted out a cluster of new stores in China.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 23, 2026
The pair then plotted a new approach: go all-in on America.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 10, 2026
Loki, who plotted and planned as easily as other folk breathed in and out, smiled at Thor’s anger and innocence.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
But Waldron was already plotting where a new bathroom would go.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 17, 2026
Since then, they've been plotting how to get their comrade home so they can confirm his identity beyond doubt through DNA testing and offer his family a semblance of closure.
From BBC β Aug. 8, 2026
He and Chavez, his prime minister at the time, faced charges of plotting a coup over the bid to dissolve Congress.
From Barron's β Aug. 7, 2026
Father and son then begin plotting together to take back the palace from the suitors.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 21, 2026
Mrs. Laroux ruffled her perfect hair as if she were thinking, and angry, and plotting.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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