run counter to
Example Sentences
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But the implications, in his view, also run counter to Warsh’s.
From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026
In the latest stress point, CSU has objected to 16 community college degree proposals, contending that they run counter to state law provisions designed to protect its own university degree offerings.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026
But keeping a smaller EV manufacturing footprint seems to run counter to the idea of producing competitively priced, profit-making EVs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
From a human-resources perspective, it makes little sense to effectively conflate vacation days with work-from-home days, and it also seems to run counter to promoting goodwill.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
Facts alone can instruct him; and if these run counter to his intellectual predilection, they must be impressive to be effectual.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various
