counteract
Example Sentences
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None of it did much to counteract the sense that life had become too expensive.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
Former Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given suggested earlier this season that keeping players up while defending corners could be an effective way to counteract Arsenal's threat.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
In the new study, the team explored whether GLP-1 drugs could counteract this process and reopen the tiny blood vessels that become blocked.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
The appeal its stance does have for some white working class voters in the constituency was insufficient to counteract that disadvantage.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.