Sentence examples for plot to defeat from inspiring English sources

Wang Yun, a minister who is mentioned but unseen in the opera, devises a plot to defeat Dong by, essentially, pimping out his goddaughter, the beautiful Diao Chan, the opera's central character.

It was in the book-cluttered apartments between 96th Street and 110th Street where much of the successful plot to defeat a $1.1 billion West Side superhighway was hatched, leaving a governor and a mayor choking in the organizers' dust in 1985.

The Clinton machine has gone from boasting about never being hacked to complaining about a Russian plot to defeat Hillary.

While this "plot" to defeat him failed, he is still obsessed, angry and in denial that his triumph was not a reflection of the popular will; one can only imagine his reaction had Clinton won.

The grapevine reports that if Spurs' Harry Redknapp is offered the England team to manage in May, Moyes might be offered the Tottenham team he has just plotted to defeat.

So if you think the government is controlling your brain, what easier way to defeat their nefarious plot than by hauling out the Reynolds Wrap and crumpling it into a not-so-fashionable chapeau?

Khan is the mastermind behind the plot, and Kirk and son join forces to defeat the tyrant.

Attention has focused on a group of NRM stalwarts who are reportedly plotting a strategy with opposition party members to defeat Mr Museveni in 2011.

The typical Dragon Quest plot involves the player controlling a party of heroes to defeat an ultimate evil villain, who usually threatens the world in some way.

Some allotmenteers have resigned themselves to defeat and have moved to other plots.

Ironically, these two notable American warriors were not planning on how to defeat America's enemies but were plotting on how to defeat America.