counterstroke
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Origin of counterstroke
Example Sentences
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The fighting further delayed Bragg’s planned counterstroke and gave additional time to strengthen the Union center.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2022
When Hitler launched his last, convulsive counterstroke in the Ardennes�the Battle of the Bulge�the Allied generals assumed that von Rundstedt was masterminding the job.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the contrary, a cyclic universe, mechanistically doomed forever to repeat itself in entropic stroke and counterstroke is disturbing in its implications of the worth of human existence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within hours, the Greeks launched a massive counterstroke that isolated the Turkish communities from each other.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the moment her aunt could not think of any reply to this counterstroke, and Ann Veronica followed up her advantage by a sudden inquiry about her abandoned boots.
From Ann Veronica, a modern love story by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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