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counteraction



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Earlier this week, North Korea warned of "resolute counteraction" to provocations ahead of joint military drills between South Korea and the US.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2025

It said they unanimously approved unspecified plans for counteraction.

From Seattle Times Jun. 18, 2023

The meeting "discussed practical matters and measures for machinery to prepare various military action proposals that no means and ways of counteraction are available to the enemy," it added.

From Reuters Apr. 10, 2023

Still, district officials believe that the fast counteraction averted pervasive data theft.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 2022

The pleasure we receive from a melodious succession of notes referable to the gamut is derived from another source, viz. to the pandiculation or counteraction of antagonist fibres.

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin




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