counteract

At the republic’s dawn, James Madison anticipated that each branch’s “ambition” would counteract others’ inordinate “ambition.”

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 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

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

To counteract the problem, the team created a calibration method that compensates for these unwanted shifts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Sensing the problem, the ascent software angled the ship into the wind to counteract it.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Stars shine because nuclear fusion in their cores converts hydrogen into helium, creating outward pressure that counteracts gravity.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2026

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 counteracts the immense pressure on the bottom of the dam.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

But a sharp fall in food inflation counteracted increases elsewhere.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 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

Drones can also be counteracted with “kinetic” systems, which can shoot down drones.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

The second is when the key holds are removed and the self-reinforcing dynamics are counteracted by, for example, a new bumper harvest or the provision of scaled-up humanitarian assistance.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2024

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

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

The franc’s strength over the past several months is likely exerting downward price pressure on some goods imports, counteracting the effects of higher energy prices, they said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

This time we just felt that the way of counteracting the upheaval and negativity that exists currently in our country was to look at it from a different perspective: with love, compassion, faith and education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The researchers also observed brain activity patterns that resembled the effects of a good night's sleep, counteracting the typical brain changes associated with sleep deprivation.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 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

Their existence had been predicted in 1934 by Japanese physicist Hideki Yukawa, who speculated that they carried the force that binds the atomic nucleus together, counteracting the mutual electromagnetic repulsion of its positively charged protons.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik