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For that reason, I could’ve easily slotted her and the terrific, resurgent Ke Huy Quan among my favorite co-leads, given not only how superbly and contrapuntally their performances fit together.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2022

The fissures in Mitzi and Burt’s relationship grow wider as the story continues, leading to a painful interlude that works contrapuntally with Sammy’s intensifying filmmaking skills.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2022

The internet is a great way for fans to party contrapuntally.

From Economist • Mar. 13, 2018

The right hand, meanwhile, darts and clicks with a mouse, contrapuntally, so frantic that carpal-tunnel syndrome and tendinitis are common side effects.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2014

They revelled in fugue, and even danced contrapuntally.

From The Influence of the Organ in History Inaugural Lecture of the Department of the Organ in the College of Music of Boston University by Buck, Dudley