counterpart
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While Parton’s most obvious Muppet counterpart is Miss Piggy, her duet with Kermit the Frog, performed on a 1987 episode of her variety show, encapsulates everything we adored about her — and him.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
In both, the US faces a counterpart that, despite having far less overall power, retains the means to retaliate.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
He said he had informed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in a telephone call of "the strengthening of our support with the delivery of interceptors and the continuation of our cooperation".
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Sheinbaum is navigating a mine field with her mercurial US counterpart.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Seconds later, they heard the roar of the crowd, which meant Cedric had entered the enclosure and was now face-to-face with the living counterpart of his model.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
The prime minister said rogue tradespeople gave their "decent, hardworking" counterparts a bad name and would be "putting the cowboys out of business".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Still, equities struggled as tech firms once again bore the brunt of selling, tracking a retreat in their counterparts on Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Investment bank Jefferies would later calculate that Chinese tech companies during these years were investing less than one-fifth the amount of their U.S. counterparts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A Disneyland-inspired wonderland for their canine counterparts is what they were thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
But Jennings didn’t score any higher on the happy subjects or lower on the sad subjects than his counterparts.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
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