Example Sentences

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“I understand their cause completely, but the way they’re going about it is sadly causing a counterreaction within the population that is very, very harmful to the cause.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

One of the pitfalls of framing environmental concerns in moral terms is that it can provoke a counterreaction, especially when tied to individual behavior.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022

Now that it has become a genuine possibility, there could well be a counterreaction.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2016

When either side stretches beyond that uncomfortable consensus, there usually is a counterreaction.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2013

College Grad Anxieties India's emergence as a global technology hub will also generate a political counterreaction.

From BusinessWeek • May 13, 2010