counteract
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This could counteract the gradual loss of altitude that threatens the telescope's future and potentially allow it to continue making scientific discoveries for additional years.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Sustained above-average rainfall will be needed throughout the winter to counteract the effects of the hottest summer on record.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Cultivating adolescents’ future time perspective is therefore crucial to counteract short-form video addiction’s detrimental effects and bolster their academic buoyancy,” the study’s authors wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
In writing history, there must be intense rigor — evidence is important and if you have evidence that should counteract any bias or hypothesis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He clawed again for the copper and looped the wiring around his hand to counteract its slickness.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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Gravity makes dark matter clump together, but dark energy counteracts this effect.
From New York Times ● May 23, 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
This results in an electrical voltage -- the so-called thermoelectric voltage -- which counteracts the thermally excited movement of the charge carriers.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023
He did this by adding a cosmological constant, an as yet undetected force that counteracts the force of gravity.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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But a sharp fall in food inflation counteracted increases elsewhere.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
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
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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Removing sulphate pollution takes away some of the cooling that had been counteracting greenhouse warming.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
“That still sounds fishy, a poison counteracting a poison.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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