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counteraction



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Earlier this week, North Korea warned of "resolute counteraction" to provocations ahead of joint military drills between South Korea and the US.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2025

It said they unanimously approved unspecified plans for counteraction.

From Seattle Times Jun. 18, 2023

The meeting "discussed practical matters and measures for machinery to prepare various military action proposals that no means and ways of counteraction are available to the enemy," it added.

From Reuters Apr. 10, 2023

As this chronicle shows, eradicating racism in all its forms requires constant vigilance and counteraction.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2021

This was especially the case under Monotheism, where, as we have seen, such counteraction was most necessary.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 by Various




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