countermove
Britishnoun
verb
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It’s a kind of an endless-war, race-to-the- bottom type of world in which each move produces some kind of countermove.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
She, planning her next countermove, relaxes into a tiny grin.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
When the intrusion was discovered Saturday at 10:30 p.m., the L.A. school district, in a countermove, quickly shut down all computer systems over the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
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
This assembly to be made up exclusively of antiques was her countermove.
From The Faith Doctor A Story of New York by Edward Eggleston
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