counterattack
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Mateo Chávez opened the scoring in the 55th minute with the help of Mexico’s lethal counterattack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Gomina in turn called the quick-reaction force, or QRF, an elite unit on standby for emergencies, to order a counterattack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
That prior low produced a bullish counterattack candle, followed just two sessions later by a positive engulfing candle.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
KHARKIV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian counterattack in the country’s southeast is chipping away at Russian advances there and demonstrating that Kyiv’s forces have got plenty of fight left as Moscow’s invasion stretches into a fifth year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
During one futile counterattack, “the French infantry made a gallant show, advancing across the Belgian beet fields with colors unfurled and bugles sounding the shrill notes of the ‘charge.’
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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