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Recent Examples of subplot
Characters get stuck on ski lift for a whole episode
Which would not be a bottle episode, just a bottle … subplot?
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Question for the group: Did ANYONE need all of that highly misogynistic, gratuitously violent Lindy subplot to figure out that Whitfield was a bad man?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
And several other subplots, like the ones involving Belinda and Gaitok, have barely gotten going at all.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
Tackling tough medical crises comes first, but the writers have skillfully set a dozen subplots bubbling on the stovetop and tended to them throughout the season.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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Vulture Staff, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Question for the group: Did ANYONE need all of that highly misogynistic, gratuitously violent Lindy subplot to figure out that Whitfield was a bad man?
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
And several other subplots, like the ones involving Belinda and Gaitok, have barely gotten going at all.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2025
Tackling tough medical crises comes first, but the writers have skillfully set a dozen subplots bubbling on the stovetop and tended to them throughout the season.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subplot
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Both directors have shown a preference for character over plot, building stories around individuals who are filled with desires, fears, flaws and contradictions — individuals who tend to feel more like real people than movie characters.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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The more than 2 million people who attended Lady Gaga’s free concert on Copacabana Beach on May 3, 2025, had no idea of a plot that, if successful, would have turned the event into a tragedy fueled by hate.—
Arthur Coelho Bezerra,
The Conversation,
14 May 2025
Noun
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McQuarrie is so good at parsing out action sequences, dramatic scenes and character moments, and one key scene – where Ethan is quietly investigating a wrecked sub and being tossed and turned like a washing machine – is even oddly calming.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Tickets inclusive for all three days of NASCAR action Friday, Saturday and Sunday range between $154 and $170, according to Ticketmaster.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
14 May 2025
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Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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This story was originally published May 17, 2025 at 10:13 PM.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2025
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“Subplot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subplot. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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