counterpart

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Macron praised his relations with his U.S. counterpart, saying that Trump and first lady Melania Trump’s attendance at the parade was a “sign of a friendship that lasts through time.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The meeting in the northwestern city of Urumqi comes after Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar travelled to Beijing on Tuesday to meet his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

But no-one comes anywhere near his counterpart on the other side of the Clasico divide when it comes to twinkled-toed, mazy runs.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In January, Yemen’s Interior Ministry re-upped a request to its Emirati counterpart to apprehend Al-Maqtari and his associates.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

This death-by-indirection now finds its counterpart in what are known as “systemic insecticides.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson