counterstroke

Example Sentences

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The fighting further delayed Bragg’s planned counterstroke and gave additional time to strengthen the Union center.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2022

That sort of success led Ulster authorities to expect some sort of dramatic I.R.A. counterstroke.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had started his counterstroke a year ago, after Labor Day, campaigned until January, resumed the battle again last August.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the contrary, a cyclic universe, mechanistically doomed forever to repeat itself in entropic stroke and counterstroke is disturbing in its implications of the worth of human existence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs Morgan said nothing; but she determined to counterstroke that move.

From Imprudence by Young, F.E. Mills