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That means some of the incoming chairs of oversight committees have already been preparing for how to counteract the defenses that were thrown up last time.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

Sustained above-average rainfall will be needed throughout the winter to counteract the effects of the hottest summer on record.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

She ultimately decided on building an altar to counteract her fear with the joy of feting life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Even if the Fed can’t counteract the disruption that is pushing up prices, he said, it can slow the bleed of, say, higher diesel prices into other goods by reducing demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

In other words, just like a vast majority of the crewmen, my job is to run side to side across the deck and back again to counteract the rolling motion of the sea.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

It tries to remove psychological and practical barriers to individual choice and counteracts beliefs or values that might dissuade people from adopting new foods.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2024

Gravity makes dark matter clump together, but dark energy counteracts this effect.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2024

Now, researchers report that a once-promising new drug, an antibody that counteracts a pernicious toxin in the viper’s venom, has failed in animal trials.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 16, 2024

"I do believe that we can win," he counteracts, "and I won't stop fighting until we do."

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024

This brief overview of precolonial North America counteracts the settler-colonial myth of the wandering Neolithic hunter and vast unused and uncharted lands.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Recent rainfall has counteracted the effects of drought on the waterway, through which five percent of global maritime trade passes.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

And one 10-second play from Friday’s Game 2 shows just how the Knicks have counteracted the player known as The Alien—by manipulating space and time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

Bovino’s version of events quickly counteracted by videos of Pretti’s death.

From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026

In 2025, researchers at the University of Louvain and Imperial College London clarified how this harmful chain reaction might be counteracted.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025

I guess Joey and I counteracted the brain-loss effect caused by Chas Becker’s brilliance.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

“The forecast is shaped by two counteracting forces,” said Asa Johansson, director of policy studies at the OECD.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

So counteracting these systems becomes even more critical.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

It has an inclined tourbillon, a feature aimed at improving accuracy by counteracting gravity, which adds to its rarity in the watch world.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024

They should use the state’s power and influence to mount a pro-environment offense, counteracting as much of the impending damage as possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024

Slowly my starved body responded to food and overcame the lean years of Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee, counteracting the flesh-sapping anxiety of fear-filled days.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright