counteract
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AC Milan's win against United, however, may have provided clues as to how teams might counteract Carrick's defensive set-up - notably with the use of a 5-2-3 formation.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Those micro doses of movement throughout the day can counteract the effects.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
This was an implicit commitment by the Fed to counteract sharp declines in the market by pumping liquidity into the economy through the mass purchase of Treasury bonds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Over the first two games of the NBA Finals, the Knicks have managed to counteract Victor Wembanyama, the league’s best defender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
As if salad would counteract the weight gain from my meds.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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This mysterious form of energy produces an outward pressure that counteracts gravity and prevents complete collapse.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Now, researchers report that a once-promising new drug, an antibody that counteracts a pernicious toxin in the viper’s venom, has failed in animal trials.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 16, 2024
"I do believe that we can win," he counteracts, "and I won't stop fighting until we do."
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
The shocking presence of bright blue in a white gallery space also counteracts East Germany’s reputation as a colorless place.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
This brief overview of precolonial North America counteracts the settler-colonial myth of the wandering Neolithic hunter and vast unused and uncharted lands.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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And one 10-second play from Friday’s Game 2 shows just how the Knicks have counteracted the player known as The Alien—by manipulating space and time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Drones can also be counteracted with “kinetic” systems, which can shoot down drones.
From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026
Bovino’s version of events quickly counteracted by videos of Pretti’s death.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
Taylor's worries are counteracted by career-high paydays for the female fighters on an event being broadcast on Netflix in the streaming giant's first venture into live boxing.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
I guess Joey and I counteracted the brain-loss effect caused by Chas Becker’s brilliance.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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But there are other pathways counteracting that, so eventually you might start to gain some weight back, says Apovian.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The researchers also observed brain activity patterns that resembled the effects of a good night's sleep, counteracting the typical brain changes associated with sleep deprivation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
So counteracting these systems becomes even more critical.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
It has an inclined tourbillon, a feature aimed at improving accuracy by counteracting gravity, which adds to its rarity in the watch world.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024
Thus there is both a steady flow of genes among maize landraces and a force counteracting that flow.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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