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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of countermove.

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  • Mr. Walpin countermoved on Dec. 16 for summary judgment in his favor.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines < 2010

  • Only four years before, St. Augustine's City of God had laid the theological groundwork for the church to step into the void left by the collapsing Roman Empire Ever since, Western civilization and the Christian enterprise have been joined together for better or worse; the church has moved and countermoved, advanced backtracked, tottered and triumphed before the contingencies of history.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2005

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