countering
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“It is an effective way of countering the bootleggers and the counterfeiters,” says Jonathan Morton, a Miami lawyer hired by BTS’s team to file such lawsuits regionally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
For days before their brutal and bloody round-of-16 match against Paraguay, they devoted hours of practice time to countering soccer’s Dark Arts—trash talk, persistent fouling, and relentless physicality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Today, not only has Ukraine gained battlefield advantage over Russia in places, it has parlayed that success into respect and contracts following the U.S. war with Iran, thanks to Kyiv’s expertise in countering drone attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Germany's ruling coalition has agreed on sweeping tax, labour and pension reforms, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday, a breakthrough aimed at reviving the struggling economy and countering the rise of the far right.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
And that is when I realize that Tiny Cooper cannot pick his nose, countering the second part of my dad's theorem.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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