counterpart
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"Is it a crude pressure tactic?," his Iranian counterpart asked.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
The administration is waiting for Beijing to designate its counterpart, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday, his first trip to Tehran's close ally since the beginning of the war.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
The state counterpart to the National Institutes of Health would fund grants and programs for research in biomedicine, climate, wildfire, and infectious disease, among other areas.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
This death-by-indirection now finds its counterpart in what are known as “systemic insecticides.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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