countermove

Example Sentences

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It’s a kind of an endless-war, race-to-the- bottom type of world in which each move produces some kind of countermove.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

She, planning her next countermove, relaxes into a tiny grin.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

But we realize, no, you have to actually countermove.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

An opponent can defeat even the most powerful pokémon with a well-timed countermove or by whittling down health through a status effect, ruining an hours-long run.

From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2022

Between us and them it is a never-ending series of move and countermove, check and counter-check.

From Okewood of the Secret Service by Williams, Valentine