countervail

Example Sentences

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Ever the strategist, she noted “first movers are important in politics,” but that it’s also a “countervailing wind against preparation and methodical planning.”

From Seattle Times

The media group said that the public interest in the report is “extraordinary” and that there “are no countervailing interests sufficient to overcome the presumption.”

From Seattle Times

But some Vatican analysts hold a countervailing view that Francis will not be the only force with a freer hand now.

From New York Times

Democrats, liberals, progressives and other pro-democracy Americans have no such equivalent countervailing force.

From Salon

That Vicentino’s perspective was printed and countervailing evidence was not played a key role in advancing his constructed narrative.

From New York Times