counterargument
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The only real difference is Fifa did put its counterargument forward in the early hours of Friday - along with an assertion its "planned consultation process was disrupted by incorrect media reports".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
If their views diverged, they listened to each other instead of silently preparing a counterargument.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
But prominent economist Torsten Sløk is floating a counterargument that inflation may not fall as expected.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The bots possess an exhausting reflex to present both sides of every issue, creating a false, artificial balance even when the counterargument is absurd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
While he struggled to find a counterargument, Ron spoke up, evidently following his own train of thought.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Wall Street also had more time to digest the Citrini scenario and offer counterarguments.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
Its edge comes from speed and breadth — reviewing more scenarios, more counterarguments and more data in much less time.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 25, 2026
Critics of private equity, though, offer several counterarguments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
Once the harassment campaign started to get more national attention, thousands of feminists logged on to defend the targets, flooding Twitter with memes and counterarguments that recognized the true villains as the Gamergaters themselves.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2024
When at last Lola spoke her tone was reflective, as though she were pondering subtle currents of counterarguments.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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