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counterrevolution

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as in counterinsurgency

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Recent Examples of counterrevolution The revolution—and counterrevolutions across Europe—would speed the formation of nation-states in the nineteenth century. — Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 Of course, abrupt revolutions or counterrevolutions are a recurrent theme of history. — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 8 May 2025 This counterrevolution also overturned social balances established at the founding. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024 When Leo arrived at Cornell University as an undergraduate in the fall of 1983, a counterrevolution in the legal world was gaining momentum. — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for counterrevolution
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counterinsurgency
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  • Its post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan involved brief invasions followed by years of relatively low-intensity counterinsurgency warfare that, whatever its difficulties, did not require mass stockpiles of munitions.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Peruvian counterinsurgency succeeded due to a strategy that deliberately cut ties between the guerrillas and the drug traffickers.
    — Michelle D. Paranzino, The Conversation, 11 June 2026
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“Counterrevolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterrevolution. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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