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Recent Examples of countermove
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.
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Josh Feldman, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025
Court countermoves so far this week: A federal judge in Boston extended his block on the Trump administration’s deadline for more than 2 million federal employees to accept a controversial buyout.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
There were moves and countermoves galore down the homestretch.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
South Korean intelligence estimated that over 10,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Kursk, which was the site of Ukraine's offensive into Russian territory, in order to take back the ground lost in the countermove.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Josh Feldman, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2025
Court countermoves so far this week: A federal judge in Boston extended his block on the Trump administration’s deadline for more than 2 million federal employees to accept a controversial buyout.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
There were moves and countermoves galore down the homestretch.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
South Korean intelligence estimated that over 10,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Kursk, which was the site of Ukraine's offensive into Russian territory, in order to take back the ground lost in the countermove.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermove
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For the last few years at Northwest, the basketball world wondered when McCollum would make the next move.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2025
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The better move is simply to ensure tissues are within arm’s reach in every client meeting room.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The Nasdaq has slid 5.8% in 2025 over concerns the huge technology companies that dominate the index could get caught in the crossfire between U.S. tariffs and countermeasures by other countries.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Ukrainian air defenses shot down 97, and 25 others didn’t reach targets because of Ukrainian countermeasures.—
Samya Kullab,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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For one, there’s often an initial intoxicating sense of familiarity that quickly devolves into chaos and drama, something akin to love-at-first-sight that suddenly shifts into leave-me-alone.—
Christina Pérez,
Vogue,
29 Mar. 2025
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These shifts could prompt organizations to revisit their travel policies, particularly around work-life balance.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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That assumes good intentions, transparent action, and a willingness to make tough decisions.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The administrative complaint starts to address Romulus’ actions from April 12, 2018.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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There’s a real power in the Chocolate Drops getting back together at this moment in time, after the group helped spawn so many new acts in the past decade.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2025
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Opening acts in select cities include Marshmello, The All-American Rejects and Boys Like Girls.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
23 Mar. 2025
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This means that at any point they can be picked up by immigration officials and put in deportation proceedings.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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David Lowery takes the few elements that worked—mainly the special kinship between a boy and a dragon—and injects his own unique vision into the proceedings.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Its maiden and hero product, Rested, hones in on sleep as the fundamental step to optimizing cognitive and immune function.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Hitting coach Kevin Long went to the top step to debrief Sosa with some video and a scouting report.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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James, a police detective, has disappeared after some strange doings at work, leaving behind a mysterious letter with covert messages that John helps decode.—
Sarah Larson,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Appropriately goofy hair and wig designs, when called for, are supplied by Peter Herman while Stephen Gifford’s period scenic designs support the on-stage doings admirably.—
Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Countermove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermove. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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