counterpoint

Haaland’s singularity was a testament to how humanity seeks heroes — but Spain’s ultimate triumph via crisp passes and selfless teamwork offered a stirring, convincing collective counterpoint.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Another unappreciated aspect of the SpaceX IPO is that over 10,000 employees bought it, said Baker, which, he noted, is a counterpoint to exhaustive analysis of the share-lockup schedule.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

The Pope's focus is a clear counterpoint to talk elsewhere of a migration "crisis" and an "ideological invasion".

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Pork chops have a long-standing relationship with applesauce — something sweet on the side, a soft counterpoint to the richness.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

Even if different people are singing or playing different parts, it is not necessarily considered counterpoint if the parts are not independent enough, or if one of the parts is very clearly a dominating melody.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Of course, there are counterpoints to the notion that chips can have lasting value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

To say all Hell broke loose after that is an overstatement, but the barrage of counterpoints was piercing.

From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2026

Like the desert to the city, the tags are the comforting counterpoints to his plants, changeless.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

Mr. Wiggins would wrap all manner of counterpoints around it, then burst out in a solo that could be aggressive or restrained, tight or relaxed.

From New York Times ● May 18, 2024

Or is there a kind of cosmic fugue, with themes and counterpoints, dissonances and harmonies, a billion different voices playing the life music of the Galaxy?

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

McGregor, whose movement style is often characterised by hyperkinetic complexity, extreme limb extensions counterpointed against buckling torsos, said that when he read the poem, he was drawn to its vivid physical imagery and beauty.

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

“Tenet” is Nolan’s densely science-fictional take on the James Bond thriller, but essentially it’s about entropy and reverse entropy and a series of jaw-dropping action sequences that take place in that counterpointed slipstream of time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2021

This doesn’t always work in a trio setting, where there’s little melody to be counterpointed, but it’s quite powerful in Halvorson’s new octet.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2017

Penny constantly drew my attention to the way elements of a painting match or "rhyme" each other: a mandrill and stone ball, two counterpointed figures.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012

And those in the common rhythm are some counterpointed, some not.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Robert Seymour Bridges

Maalouf’s track eases between a jazz ballad and unhurried funk, framing and counterpointing the rhymes with his Arab-inflected melodies.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

Sontag, of course counterpointing, noted that “its most obvious trait is assertiveness of one kind or another.”

From Washington Post ● May 11, 2020

The television was on, and Tupac’s “Hail Mary” was playing on his phone, a tolling bell eerily counterpointing the opening rap.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2019

Weirdly, it adds something here, counterpointing all the anger and defiance in the lyrics with an affecting frailty.

From The Guardian ● May 24, 2012

As a draughtsman Leech has been admirably placed by Mr. du Maurier, who calls him a perfect ballad-writer as compared with the more scientific counterpointing of Charles Keene.

From The History of "Punch" by M. H. (Marion Harry) Spielmann