countermove

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Recent Examples of countermove Canada and China have already retaliated: The countermoves signal new trade conflicts with the U.S.'s top three trading partners and threatened to upend nearly $2.2 trillion in two-way annual trade. Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025 The challenges facing China’s economy are all but certain to increase as growth slows, leaving Beijing with far fewer potential countermoves in its toolbox against a second Trump term. John Liu, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025 Trump signed more executive orders in 10 days than any of his recent predecessors did in their first 100, leaving his opponents questioning which countermoves to make. Josh Feldman, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025 During the strike, the powers that be on both Mars and Earth drew the wrong lessons and have been choosing countermoves from the best seller Bad Faith Disproportionate Response Handbook as a result. Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for countermove
Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermove
Noun
  • The domino effect of that move played out in the top of the ninth when Don Mattingly, the Dodgers’ acting manager, infamously was forced to make a bullpen change after making two trips to the mound.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
  • After the release of her Grammy-winning debut album Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B fans waited with bated breath for the rapper’s next move.
    Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Railguns are also seen as a potential countermeasure against hypersonic missiles, which can travel at over five times the speed of sound, according to the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The following year, legislation was passed formally designating these problems as matters of national concern and obligating local governments to implement countermeasures.
    Gil Press, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Yet across the globe, outdated assets, urbanization, technological disruption, and geopolitical shifts are exposing the limits of yesterday’s systems.
    Maurice Obeid, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Part of what drove the NHL back to the Olympic ice was a shift in that relationship.
    Ian Thomas, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In Middlesex League action, Kaylee Master recorded a hat trick, Sophia Setouhi added a pair and Gianna Venezia scored her first varsity goal as Watertown (5-0) blanked Woburn, 7-0, for its 102nd straight field hockey win.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Here, Pearce sought a declaratory judgment that the operating agreements had already been rejected by the bankruptcy estate, but the Court noted that no such action had taken place since Debtor's reorganization plan had neither been confirmed nor rejected by the Court so far.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The future of this rapidly expanding means of devising software by tapping into the generative capabilities of modern-era AI, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Llama, Grok, Gemini, and other large language models, will be discussed.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Such compounds can form by other means, such as, for example, the electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide.
    Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kirk's death was met with bipartisan condemnation from public officials, as top lawmakers on both sides of the aisle raised alarm about the rising tide in acts of violence against public officials.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Tomorrow, 2025’s summer season will be officially over—so let’s make the most of it with some amazing music and new albums from the industry’s brightest stars and some talented up-and-coming acts.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, instead of caving to the demands of the USFF's powers-that-be, Cam refuses to sacrifice his soul by signing the contract and proceeds to unleash his strength on everyone involved in the demonic proceedings in an ultra-violent massacre.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Seriesly’s own pitching competitions were well attended and brought the excitable energy that newer talent brings to proceedings.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both Delta and Aeromexico said in separate statements that the carriers were disappointed by the department's decision and were reviewing the order before considering next steps.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Ultimate Detangler Extra Gentle takes it one step further, creating a paddle brush that’s delicate enough for thinning and damaged strands.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Countermove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermove. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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