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Recent Examples of countering
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
Leagues are branching out as a way of countering the declines in traditional pay-TV subscribers.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Why people endorse misinformation Our findings highlight the limits of countering misinformation directly, because for some people, literal truth is not the point.
—Abraham Rutchick, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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
Leagues are branching out as a way of countering the declines in traditional pay-TV subscribers.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Why people endorse misinformation Our findings highlight the limits of countering misinformation directly, because for some people, literal truth is not the point.
—Abraham Rutchick, The Conversation, 15 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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Even a small showing of functional toughness from Tyler Kleven, fighting Joe Veleno after a thunderous check on Canadiens defenceman Alexandre Carrier, proved to be somewhat ill-advised.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Learning to trust someone who hurt her so deeply again, especially when pesky romantic feelings won’t stop fighting to the surface.—
Brittany Johnson,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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What Happens Next Minnesota's Medicaid providers, and their handling of services and claims, are likely going to continue to be scrutinized by the Department of Human Services, following the direction of Walz' executive order on combating fraud in the system.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Ghana lost $156 million allocated for HIV and AIDS control, combatting malaria, as well as research, governance, and education.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
30 Oct. 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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Both Roseman and Fangio have been fairly resistant to moving Cooper DeJean, their starting nickel, to outside cornerback, although the CB2 spot was a question mark during the offseason and has at times been a liability during the 2025 season.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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Before using fabric softener, always check the care label and, in general, avoid the use of liquid fabric softener and dryer sheets when laundering flame resistant children's sleepwear, workout gear, and towels.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 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 8 Nov. 2025.
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