play
noun
a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
counterplay
-
a word derived from
play.
Example Sentences
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It isn’t as if Google has become some sort of AI counterplay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Black in this line must generate queenside counterplay to stave off White’s methodically building kingside attack, but some time-wasting moves by Black’s queen put Yip in the hole after 19.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Re8 9. g4 reveals her aggressive intentions, and Lee as Black hustles to generate queenside counterplay to avoid being swept off the board.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
Black appears transfixed by his queenside counterplay and neglects White’s attack until it is too late: 22.
From Washington Times ● May 17, 2022
As he rode through the forest he rehearsed every scheme of counterplay and every method that made for conquest which his fertile brain had conceived.
From The Conqueror by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
