countercurrents

Definition of countercurrentsnext
plural of countercurrent

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • Symptoms include blood in stool or rectal bleeding; changes in bowel habits such as diarrhea, constipation or narrowing of stool that lasts more than a few days; unintended weight loss; and cramps or abdominal pain.
    Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Find out how your cooking habits match up to the rest of the world.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Stansted Airport has said that private aircraft operations are conducted through separate independent terminals, while immigration and customs checks are handled by Border Force, a law enforcement command within the UK Home Office.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The union of these two worlds has created a unique garden that revisits this culture and these ancestral Japanese customs with the flowers so dear to Monsieur Dior.
    Kelly Wetherille, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Original EveryWear Zero Waistband Micro Flare Jeans Designed to hug your curves and shape your waist, the Zero Waistband Micro Flare Jeans have a flare leg and a high waist that elongates the legs.
    Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • An accidental rear-end collision is what brings Davis and Maya together in the first place—and their ensuing relationship, though not without its bumps, sends the story on some of its more pleasurable curves.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The cuts are not uniform, with areas of the campus scaling back in different ways.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • This can be done in different ways, such as retrofitting a facility to emit directly into a storage location or by building vacuumlike structures to suck up emissions.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Countercurrents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countercurrents. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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