run counter to
Example Sentences
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Then again, the broad stock market has been performing well, for the most part, over the past decade, and this year’s action has run counter to that warning.
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
Police leaders, civil rights advocates and other experts say the actions of immigration officials and agents run counter to law enforcement’s best practices.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026
But keeping a smaller EV manufacturing footprint seems to run counter to the idea of producing competitively priced, profit-making EVs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
To Steven Blitz, chief U.S. economist at TS Lombard, such a move would run counter to the administration’s framing of the tariffs as something that trading partners, not U.S. customers, are paying.
From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025
Linton's fancies never run counter to solid advantages.
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
