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countermeasure

[koun-ter-mezh-er] / ˈkaʊn tərˌmɛʒ ər /








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And there are folks who are really taking this seriously, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t fierce counterpressures.

From Slate • May 16, 2023

As the pressures and counterpressures rise higher, the 6,000-man U.N. peace-keeping force rushes back and forth interposing its Scandinavian, Irish, Canadian, British and Austrian troops between the short-tempered opponents.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other hand, there are evanescent but tantalizing indications of counterpressures on Nasser from some army officers and middle-class bureaucrats who are weary of Egypt's bearing the main burden of the Arab cause.

From Time Magazine Archive




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