counteract
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The researchers found that energy losses within the plasma can naturally counteract this effect.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
This was an implicit commitment by the Fed to counteract sharp declines in the market by pumping liquidity into the economy through the mass purchase of Treasury bonds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Over the first two games of the NBA Finals, the Knicks have managed to counteract Victor Wembanyama, the league’s best defender.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Therefore, a drop in U.S. equity prices is needed to unleash disinflationary forces in the broader economy and counteract the inflationary impulse from higher oil and food prices,” Budaghyan said.
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
By putting two gold-covered plates on a sensitive twist-measuring device, he determined how much force it took to counteract the Casimir force between them.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Now, researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a previously unknown way in which the body counteracts restricted breathing -- a new reflex of the vagus nerve that initiates deep breathing.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 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
The shocking presence of bright blue in a white gallery space also counteracts East Germany’s reputation as a colorless place.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
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
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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
Bovino’s version of events quickly counteracted by videos of Pretti’s death.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
Taylor's worries are counteracted by career-high paydays for the female fighters on an event being broadcast on Netflix in the streaming giant's first venture into live boxing.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
I guess Joey and I counteracted the brain-loss effect caused by Chas Becker’s brilliance.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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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
But there are other pathways counteracting that, so eventually you might start to gain some weight back, says Apovian.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 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
So counteracting these systems becomes even more critical.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
“Perhaps, given sufficient time. Part of counteracting an enchantment is understanding who placed it, and how.”
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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