Example Sentences

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The weather was counteracting firefighters’ efforts to make a dent in the blaze.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2018

Eisenhower was counteracting a statement he made in 1949�which Democratic orators were sure to recall � that "if all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison."

From Time Magazine Archive

In London, my chief work for a time was counteracting the machinations and influences of German agents, forever infesting the British capital.

From The Secrets of the German War Office by Graves, Dr. Armgaard Karl