countervail

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We depend on our memory to record, to learn and to recall, and we depend on forgetting to countervail, to sculpt and to squelch our memories.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022

And for years, the company’s actions and public statements have borne the imprint of Musk’s whims, with no moderating force to countervail them.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2018

But whatever becomes of us, we are sure the adversary cannot countervail the King's damages.

From The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Ryerson, Egerton

Some, indeed, regard them as settling the principles of primordial law, which the constitution itself cannot countervail.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

And what mighty mischief will result to countervail the application of this rule of justice?

From Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)