Etymology
Origin of counterplan
Example Sentences
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Only one other Middle East country, Saudi Arabia, has joined in Nasser's counterplan for a strictly Arab defense alliance.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the hero, young Andrew Beard of New York, arrives on business for his rich father, he is snaffled between plan and counterplan of father and daughter, escaping not without scars on heart and body.
From Time Magazine Archive
Naguib's counterplan: a stiff electoral reform law, excluding men of "known dishonesty" from political office.
From Time Magazine Archive
But a fortnight ago Tsarapkin came back with a counterplan that carried the ring of compromise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now, he thought, to work out a counterplan: what will I do if the gods weave a net like this one?
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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