counteract

Example Sentences

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Building on this, the researchers explored whether adding NAC or Se to the diet could counteract those effects.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

None of it did much to counteract the sense that life had become too expensive.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Former Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given suggested earlier this season that keeping players up while defending corners could be an effective way to counteract Arsenal's threat.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Those sources of uncertainty could counteract positive signs the economy was previously showing and have made projecting the rest of the fiscal year far more difficult, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell