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Recent Examples of countermove
Range Media Partners has sued CAA over the agency’s use of noncompetes, a countermove to an earlier lawsuit accusing the management firm of stealing confidential information and operating as a rival organization.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
This weekend, Missouri’s governor signed a new map that sets up the GOP to gain an additional seat, and blue states like California are looking to make countermoves.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
Instead of using her platform to argue with her detractors, Reese made a countermove that simultaneously shored up her own brand by amplifying her commitment to societal change, and invalidated the critique.
—Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Governors of Democratic states, such as California, are plotting countermoves with their states’ maps.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
This weekend, Missouri’s governor signed a new map that sets up the GOP to gain an additional seat, and blue states like California are looking to make countermoves.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 1 Oct. 2025
Instead of using her platform to argue with her detractors, Reese made a countermove that simultaneously shored up her own brand by amplifying her commitment to societal change, and invalidated the critique.
—Timeka Tounsel, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Governors of Democratic states, such as California, are plotting countermoves with their states’ maps.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countermove
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In addition to negotiating major deals — including Jackson's purchase of Neverland Ranch — Branca also helped orchestrate landmark moves like the acquisition of the ATV Music catalog, which included publishing rights to songs by The Beatles.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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The moves come after a series of rate increases that tacked on an average $43 a month to customer power bills, drawing the ire of consumers.—
Kristi Swartz,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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By then, though, a missile may have released countermeasures or multiple reentry vehicles.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
25 Apr. 2026
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It can also be integrated with expendable countermeasures that create acoustic decoys to confuse incoming torpedoes.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Apr. 2026
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Libra September 23 – October 22 A simple shift in approach brings things back into balance.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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After shift supervisor would come shift manager, followed by assistant manager, followed by manager, district manager.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Dakota Sweeney, a cousin of Wilson, the Bravo reality TV star, lived with the victim and was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder and armed criminal action, the Missouri Highway Patrol said in an affidavit.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Americans exported violence in the form of counterterrorism and police trainings to as many as eighty-five countries, from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia to Niger to the Philippines, as well as blueprints for dubious legal frameworks to justify their actions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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One chapter closes, another opens The destruction of several Russian Kamov Ka-52s using drones doesn’t signal the end of the attack helicopter by any means.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Still, this isn’t a bad group by any means, and the team could easily go into the season with Barmore, Durden, Taylor, Williams and Farmer/Gregory.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sculptor Maddy Inez, granddaughter of Betye Saar, crafts a series of ceramic vessels — each an ode to different plants brought over during the transatlantic slave trade — reframing gardening as an act of resistance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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The event features four days of live music with more than 100 musical acts and performances on seven stages, dancing and southern food along with cooking demos.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The court then returned the case to district court for further proceedings.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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The ruling questions the disparity between immigration laws that call for the detention of migrants with consistent actions of Congress in funding detention space for just a fraction of those who might be held during deportation proceedings.—
Rebecca Beitsch,
The Hill,
28 Apr. 2026
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Clarify one expectation or next step.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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The lawsuit was updated as Kennedy took more steps that alarmed medical societies, causing the plaintiffs to ask Murphy to take steps to address those policy changes too.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Countermove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countermove. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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