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Recent Examples of countering
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
The measure is expected to favor Democrats slightly, countering Republican gains from recent redistricting efforts in other states.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Across the Taiwan Strait, Taipei is pursuing its own program to develop suicide drones aimed at enhancing its asymmetric warfare capabilities and countering China’s expanding military pressure.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
But Sia filed her own documents on Tuesday, countering Bernad's claims as to her sobriety, questioning his own, and leveling a new, incendiary allegation.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
While the Nazis were focused on the race with the United States, and the Americans preoccupied with countering the Nazi efforts, the Soviets were concerned first and foremost with the hostile capitalist West.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Art and Commerce The Vuitton stand at Art Basel is likewise dominated by an eight-meter-high sculpture of an octopus, inspired by Chinese lanterns, which Murakami described as a way of countering potential criticism of his ongoing practice of blurring his art practice with his brand collaborations.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
The leaders signed an agreement to boost supply of the minerals as a means of countering China's market dominance.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
There are plenty of skeptics countering the AI hype machine, though few professional market analysts have done so as stridently as Julien Garran, a researcher and partner at the UK firm MacroStrategy Partnership.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
Kardashian on Thursday night did an IG post clapping back at the bad reviews, countering them with positive feedback from viewers.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
The measure is expected to favor Democrats slightly, countering Republican gains from recent redistricting efforts in other states.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Across the Taiwan Strait, Taipei is pursuing its own program to develop suicide drones aimed at enhancing its asymmetric warfare capabilities and countering China’s expanding military pressure.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Nov. 2025
But Sia filed her own documents on Tuesday, countering Bernad's claims as to her sobriety, questioning his own, and leveling a new, incendiary allegation.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
While the Nazis were focused on the race with the United States, and the Americans preoccupied with countering the Nazi efforts, the Soviets were concerned first and foremost with the hostile capitalist West.
—Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Art and Commerce The Vuitton stand at Art Basel is likewise dominated by an eight-meter-high sculpture of an octopus, inspired by Chinese lanterns, which Murakami described as a way of countering potential criticism of his ongoing practice of blurring his art practice with his brand collaborations.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
The leaders signed an agreement to boost supply of the minerals as a means of countering China's market dominance.
—Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
There are plenty of skeptics countering the AI hype machine, though few professional market analysts have done so as stridently as Julien Garran, a researcher and partner at the UK firm MacroStrategy Partnership.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countering
Adjective
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Still, the Seahawks will be that much more difficult to stop now that opposing defenses have another legit pass-catching threat to account for.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Dunn is charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Barton gave the jury the impression of a man prepared to go into daily combat on numerous fronts, constantly fighting one battle after another, in service of his principles.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The Justice Department under him was not really interested in fighting crime.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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And the details include a rogue’s gallery of characters who together underscore the whack-a-mole challenge of combating money laundering.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Amichai Chikli, Israel’s minister for combating antisemitism, warns Zohran Mamdani election to be New York's nex\t mayor is a wake-up call for Jews.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But as was proven later, in conflicting accounts like the ones here, the Band didn’t quite go quietly into that night.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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After giving birth to him, she’s overwhelmed by irreconcilably conflicting emotions—Javed is at once her own flesh, and an embodiment of his father’s actions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Department intends to stop funding both 2025 new awards and non-competing continuations for these seven grant programs.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Men’s singles champion Jannik Sinner of Italy and women’s singles champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus return to defend their titles, along with American tennis stars Coco Gauff, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Taylor Fritz, Madison Keys and more competing.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Each retails between $130 and $140 and maintains Xtratuf’s F’s slip-resistant sole and waterproof rubber shell.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
11 Nov. 2025
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More top deals include this 12-piece food storage container set and this Joanna Gaines area rug that’s stain-resistant.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But a sleight of hand is at work; the maybes of one chapter become the assumptions of the next, and at times contrary evidence is entirely ignored.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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So, a bit more about that unpopular, contrary sentiment.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Countering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countering. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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