How to Use counterattack in a Sentence
counterattack
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Israel is bracing for counterattacks from Iran and fears have been raised of a wider war.
— Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024 -
Ferreira started a counterattack with a nice ball to Junqua down the left sideline.
— Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2024 -
Jess Fishlock won the ball in the midfield and sprung the Reign on a counterattack.
— Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2021 -
And Ukraine seems far from ready for a counterattack to turn the tide.
— Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 1 June 2022 -
Both sides laid thousands of mines in the run-up to the counterattack.
— Eve Sampson, Washington Post, 9 June 2023 -
Of the two teams, Georgia looked the most likely to get the next goal and was a constant threat on the counterattack.
— Matias Grez, CNN, 26 June 2024 -
Though Red Bull had pulled ahead, it was braced for a counterattack.
— Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023 -
The Rangers faced fierce counterattacks by the Germans and spent the next two days engaged in combat.
— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 June 2024 -
The first solid attempt of the half was a shot that went wide right again for Boli in the 55th minute, created off the counterattack.
— Kyle Garcia For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2023 -
Haire scored on a counterattack and again after scooping a loose ball near the goal.
— Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 23 Apr. 2021 -
In the south, hearts go out for victims of Israeli counterattacks in Gaza.
— Christopher Cottrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023 -
Below, what to know about the high-stakes counterattack.
— Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 6 June 2023 -
The other, which was more open after the Ukrainian counterattack, leads southwest to the town of Ivanivske.
— Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2023 -
In the counterattack, Sarver streaked down the field, as defenders tried to chase him down.
— Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Dec. 2022 -
Orlando’s first-half goal came via the best counterattack to sting the Wave in the franchise’s two-plus seasons.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024 -
Russia and Ukraine are locked in a deadly back and forth of attacks and counterattacks.
— Yurii Shyvala Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 23 July 2023 -
But a counterattack would require huge resources, and could come at a heavy toll.
— New York Times, 25 July 2022 -
In both cases, the plan would see Ukraine rebuild its forces this year and resume counterattacks no later than in the spring of 2025.
— Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2024 -
When the Hawks get stops, Richardson wants to create offense from the counterattack.
— Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023 -
The Galaxy made it 3-1 in the 75th minute with a lightning-quick counterattack as Sporting pushed for the equalizer.
— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 16 June 2024 -
Boateng helped set up the third goal, breaking away on a counterattack, Jones finishing after a Buchanan shot was blocked in the 85th minute.
— BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2021 -
Betsy Hassett pulled that back for New Zealand on a counterattack in the 72nd minute.
— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2021 -
Mbappé scored his first goal in the 74th minute when he was left unmarked to blast in a long-range shot following a counterattack.
— Time, 4 Dec. 2022 -
Then you guys wrote a counterattack for James to deliver on air.
— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 -
On a quick counterattack, Shinyashiki raced up the left flank and got behind the Timbers back line before crossing to Lewis at the back post.
— Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2021 -
The counterattack on the village was not without cost for the residents.
— Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2022 -
Dahlen added his second goal on a counterattack just over a minute later.
— San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2021 -
The 1st Division then suffered seven counterattacks over the next 72 hours, but kept the town.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023 -
Harris made a full-field run in the final minutes of play to cut off Pugh from a one-on-one counterattack goal, punching the ball away from her feet to force a missed shot.
— Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Oct. 2021 -
Abby Smith rushed up to meet Debinha on a counterattack in the 20th minute and was able to smother the ball, preventing a would-be Courage score.
— oregonlive, 24 Aug. 2022
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