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counter-attacking

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  • verb Present participle of counter-attack.

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Examples

  • Villarreal's opener owed more to their own quick thinking and City's sloppiness around their own box than some classic counter-attacking template.

    Manchester City hit the big time but stage fright is still an issue | Paul Hayward 2011

  • It was no more than Bristol City deserved after an impressive counter-attacking display that will ease the pressure on Keith Millen, who was heavily criticised after Sunday's defeat at Cardiff.

    Leicester City 1-2 Bristol City | Championship match report 2011

  • In their first match on 9 June 2008, they 3 – 0 loss to the Netherlands in a display of counter-attacking football by the rival team.

    Italy national UEFA Euro 2008 team kits (Home) Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • The 36-year-old all-rounder brought up his 55th half-century with a flicked six off Siddle but in an eventful over, having brought up his 12,000th run, he offered the simplest of chances to Usman Khawaja at midwicket to end a counter-attacking 80-run stand with Hashim Amla.

    Peter Siddle cuts down South Africa resistance to give Australia edge 2011

  • In their first match on 9 June 2008, they 3 – 0 loss to the Netherlands in a display of counter-attacking football by the rival team.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Azmie aka switch image 2009

  • At the age of 19 he had scored three Test centuries, including a brilliant one at Old Trafford in 1990 when Eddie Hemmings grassed a straightforward caught-and-bowled chance to give him a life, and a sparkling counter-attacking carnival of square cuts on a blood-curdlingly fast track at Perth in 1992.

    Sachin Tendulkar's Yorkshire roots helped make him a master of modesty 2011

  • Republicans are counter-attacking by citing a 15-member panel, part of the new federal health law, that will make cost-cutting decisions regarding Medicare.

    Medicare Revamp Exposes Divisions Within the GOP Naftali Bendavid 2011

  • As to the cyber warfare plan, counter-attacking non-government actors has no impact aside from the joy of retribution; even counter-attacking state sponsored actors is semi-productive unless they are near-peer threats (not likely.)

    The Volokh Conspiracy » If you like the BP spill, you’ll love cyberwar 2010

  • This blistering hot streak is partly due to the adventurous 3-4-3 formation that Guidolin has installed at Udinese, which has made the team arguably the most effective counter-attacking unit in Italian soccer in recent seasons.

    A Striker From the Shadows Jonathan Clegg 2011

  • I noticed that he's only been booked 4 times this season, I'm sure he'll make up for it in the second half of the season though.84 mins Villa look the more likely side to score at the moment, counter-attacking at great pace again here as a Stoke raid down the left breaks down.

    Stoke v Aston Villa - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011

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