counterattack
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Gomina in turn called the quick-reaction force, or QRF, an elite unit on standby for emergencies, to order a counterattack.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
That prior low produced a bullish counterattack candle, followed just two sessions later by a positive engulfing candle.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
KHARKIV, Ukraine—A Ukrainian counterattack in the country’s southeast is chipping away at Russian advances there and demonstrating that Kyiv’s forces have got plenty of fight left as Moscow’s invasion stretches into a fifth year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
They have come to understand that a full-frontal counterattack is likely to bear fruit.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
The Texan yells for his Confederate cavalry to counterattack.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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