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Recent Examples of countermove
Canada and China have already retaliated: The countermoves signal new trade conflicts with the U.S.'s top three trading partners and threatened to upend nearly $2.2 trillion in two-way annual trade.
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
The challenges facing China’s economy are all but certain to increase as growth slows, leaving Beijing with far fewer potential countermoves in its toolbox against a second Trump term.
—John Liu, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump signed more executive orders in 10 days than any of his recent predecessors did in their first 100, leaving his opponents questioning which countermoves to make.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025
During the strike, the powers that be on both Mars and Earth drew the wrong lessons and have been choosing countermoves from the best seller Bad Faith Disproportionate Response Handbook as a result.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
The challenges facing China’s economy are all but certain to increase as growth slows, leaving Beijing with far fewer potential countermoves in its toolbox against a second Trump term.
—John Liu, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Trump signed more executive orders in 10 days than any of his recent predecessors did in their first 100, leaving his opponents questioning which countermoves to make.
—Josh Feldman, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025
During the strike, the powers that be on both Mars and Earth drew the wrong lessons and have been choosing countermoves from the best seller Bad Faith Disproportionate Response Handbook as a result.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermove
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Pulte’s criminal referral against Cook presented Trump with another avenue for bending the traditionally independent Fed to his will, securing a majority of the Fed’s board by firing Cook, a move that Cook has sued to block.—
Robert Faturechi,
ProPublica,
6 Sep. 2025
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In a historic move for the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV will declare the first ever saint from the Millennial generation this Sunday — and Catholics in Miami are celebrating.—
Lauren Costantino
September 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Jamieson, a veteran of space stem cell research who has worked on nine missions so far, is planning future studies that will look at practical countermeasures for the aging process.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ukraine is now in a race against time to develop countermeasures and more effectively target elite formations like Rubicon.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Mamdani has since rebuffed his position on police, instead calling for tactical shifts in operation.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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These ingredients reflect a growing shift in pet wellness away from simply slowing joint deterioration and toward rebuilding comfort, restoring flexibility, and reducing inflammation at the source.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, then UK Prime Minister Liz Truss unleashed a wave of market panic with unfunded tax cuts that forced the Bank of England into emergency action after 30-year gilt yields soared by over 100 basis points.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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These seemingly innocuous actions can kindle dry grass, potentially triggering a wildfire.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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With complete antiballistic missile means, China can significantly contain the enemy's strategic strike capabilities, which is of great significance.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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His or her voice is the means by which the author’s work is bodied forth, and is the main channel along which thought and feeling are to flow.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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That brief three-month double act between an executive chairman and a CEO is now over.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Though his interests were that of a pretty typical child — computing and gaming, playing the saxophone, enjoying soccer and time with his pets — he was also known for his acts of kindness and generosity.—
Lauren Costantino
September 6,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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This year all eyes were on the ongoing war in Gaza, which dominated proceedings in and out of the premieres and press conferences.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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After nine years of protests, court proceedings on the case were finally opened in 2018.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Follow the steps below to safely clean your laptop screen and restore its streak-free shine.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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Individuals with troublesome tax histories should seek advice on potential exposure and consider remedial steps.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Countermove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermove. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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