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counteroffensive

[kaun-ter-uh-fen-siv, kaun-ter-uh-fen-] / ˌkaʊn tər əˈfɛn sɪv, ˈkaʊn tər əˌfɛn- /




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In turn, the technorati are sputtering, trying to regroup for their counteroffensive while laying blame for why the dreams of AI aren’t being embraced.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The EU pursues its trade counteroffensive with some economic wind at its back.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

When Iraq’s Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990 and Bush Sr. responded with a massive troop mobilization and counteroffensive, Cheney managed it quite competently from the Pentagon.

From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2025

It’s a proactive counteroffensive, built on showing that democratic alternatives exist and can work both to identify and solve real problems, and to bring people together.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024

But Margo had given me a way of starting a counteroffensive.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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