countercharge

Example Sentences

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We know that angry countercharges to these statements will come.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2022

The charges and countercharges threatened to plunge relations between Britain and France into an even deeper freeze, after a series of disputes over fishing rights, a ruptured submarine alliance and the future of Northern Ireland.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2021

Amid what will likely be a flood of charges, countercharges and a lot of heated rhetoric from campaigns and supporters, there are prescribed legal processes that will play out in the event of election challenges.

From Salon • Sep. 25, 2020

Then there are the charges of nepotism, the countercharges of slander, and one council member’s Facebook rant that rekindled bruised feelings and bitter memories dating to the Vietnam War.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2019

Briony had heard her mother and sister analyze the latest twists and outrages, charges and countercharges, and she knew her cousins' visit was an open-ended one, and might even extend into term time.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan