counterpart
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Pasties are very much part of matchdays in Hidalgo, although the Mexican versions traditionally contain beef and vegetables, like their Cornish counterpart, but with added chilli.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
During the Getty Center’s closure, its coastal counterpart, the Getty Villa, will remain open to the public and house a special collection of works borrowed from the Center.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
The tale of Athenian overreach is better known today than its Spartan counterpart, largely because Thucydides, one of antiquity’s finest historians, captured it in his account of the Peloponnesian War, which began in 431 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping said further hostilities in the Middle East is "inadvisable", calling for a "comprehensive" ceasefire, as he spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Beijing, state media reported.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Every two-dimensional shape that we encounter in art is the counterpart to a three-dimensional form.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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