Sentence examples for Capable of countering from inspiring English sources

The general sense, though, is that the government is only capable of countering violent threats.

The first field tactics that proved capable of countering the knight were built around the bow and the crossbow.

One casualty of the recent confrontations has been the widespread notion that Sunni militias capable of countering Hezbollah were being trained in Lebanon, said Mr. Naoum, the columnist.

German forces in the Cotentin capable of countering the airborne divisions were two regiments from the 91st Division (including one battalion of tanks) and the 6th Parachute Regiment.

They said they were focused on building a political coalition capable of countering Mr. Trump and advancing liberal policies at all levels of government.

After World War II the Soviet Union rose to challenge U.S. political and military power, and the country retained the draft to maintain a large standing army capable of countering potential Soviet aggression.

He repeatedly spoke of a "multipolar world" with Europe as one of the poles capable of counter-balancing the United States.

The president's efforts to control soccer like his moves to build Turkey's police into a force capable of counter-balancing the military conjures up comparisons between the increasingly authoritarian state envisioned by Mr. Erdogan and Arab autocrats who distrustful of their militaries built regimes reliant on security forces.

At birth, the young shark is already capable of counter-illumination with 80% of its ventral surface luminescent.

Sanders has an unusual advantage against Trump: he's capable of effectively countering the type of nationalist populism that elevated Trump to office, by offering a more hopeful and heartfelt appeal to popular instincts.

It is Beijing's way of countering the dominance of America's surface fleet based upon highly-capable aircraft carrier battle groups.