Example Sentences

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And one 10-second play from Friday’s Game 2 shows just how the Knicks have counteracted the player known as The Alien—by manipulating space and time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Latoya took solace in believing that MaKenzie’s warmth may have counteracted the harsh tone of his teachers.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2018

Plunging home values have counteracted the so-called wealth effect that spurred people to spend money as real estate values grew.

From BusinessWeek • Dec. 8, 2011

But if they had been alerted to the plan, their anxiety could have counteracted the sedative.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

If the ballads really had any639 effect in fostering an admiration of abnormally small waists, both science and a truer conception of beauty should by this time have counteracted their influence.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science by Various