countermove
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An opponent can defeat even the most powerful pokémon with a well-timed countermove or by whittling down health through a status effect, ruining an hours-long run.
From The Verge • Aug. 5, 2022
Move is followed by countermove: Merlin becomes a walrus, Mim becomes an elephant, and Merlin finds the perfect solution to the threat:
From Slate • Mar. 8, 2021
“It was a smart move, a smart countermove on their part,” said Cat Brooks, executive director of The Justice Teams Network and co-founder of The Anti Police-Terror Project.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2019
Washington’s response — at least in the nuclear realm — also harks back to the Cold War era: a cycle of move and countermove.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2018
The only element of uncertainty in Jim's success lay in the possible countermove which McNally might make to reassure Blaney.
From The Short Line War by Merwin-Webster
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