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Example Sentences
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The Giants countered by ruling out a number of their key players.
How much did they really apply themselves and try to come up with different plans to counter the moving ball?
From BBC
The MCG's head curator Matt Page left 10mm of grass on the pitch to counter hot conditions forecast later in the match but this has been given as a reason for the lively conditions.
From BBC
Restaurants are investing in scheduling software to better match staffing levels to demand, kitchen technology that speeds up food preparation, and mobile ordering systems that reduce bottlenecks at the counter.
From Barron's
He insists the railways will continue to find creative ways to counter the threat: conducting faster repairs, dispersing locomotives in various locations and dispatching replacement buses when segments of the network are down.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
