Example Sentences
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Four days later, Patton wheeled his 3rd Army a sharp 90 degrees in a counterthrust movement and entered Bastogne and relieved the defenders.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2019
When Lee, after regrouping, pointed his troops northward through the green springtime of early June, Hooker rashly proposed a counterthrust to the south.
From Time • Jul. 2, 2013
Obviously, an important question raised during the week of thrust and counterthrust was that of security against future Viet Cong attacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Therefore a significant counterthrust by the government remains out of the question.
From Time Magazine Archive
The American counterthrust hurled them back; the troops not only drove them across no-man's-land, but followed them into their own second line and made a haul of prisoners.
