counterweight
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This stems from a contemporary desire in Sweden and Norway to create a counterweight to the nationalistic use of the Viking Age that is often directed against Muslims.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Tarlov, 42, has been a sturdy liberal counterweight at “The Five,” which averages 3.5 million viewers daily, according to Nielsen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Haakon has said Mette-Marit helped him come out of his shell and described her as an emotional counterweight to his analytical mind.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even sub-Saharan Africa, long the demographic counterweight to falling birthrates elsewhere, is declining, to around 4.41 from 7.0.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
But this was the counterweight, the act of binding and holding.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
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