Sentence examples for aimed to counter from inspiring English sources

Americans have been pessimistic about the country's future for much of the past four decades, and Obama's hope-centered campaign aimed to counter this long-running pessimism.

The principal object of Rorty's derision was neither identity politics nor the rise of an ignoble free-market right but a peculiar form of decadence, which his larger intellectual project aimed to counter.

Among them is a large, bright poster promoting the local council's positivity campaign, aimed to counter what it fears will be a negative impact on the town once Benefits Street 2 airs.

"The villagers crowded around the field and cheered every play, whether good or bad".Organising Russians abroad was equally difficult, and a lot less fun: he spent 18 frustrating months trying to set up a grand coalition of Soviet émigrés to oversee a new American (actually CIA-backed) broadcaster, which aimed to counter the Kremlin's propaganda.

Thousands of Houthi supporters gathered to condemn the air strikes at the gate to Sanaa's old city, waving banners and chanting, "Death to America!" In an apparent reference to Iran, the Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said the operation aimed to counter the "aggression of Houthi militias backed by regional powers".

During a December 2016 energy and climate policy summit sponsored by the conservative Heritage Foundation, Happer explained that the CO2 Coalition aimed to counter the idea that carbon dioxide is a pollutant because it is the primary driver of recent climate change.

The drowsiness that Artificial Passenger aims to counter is apparently common.

The census aims to counter growing allegations of war crimes against the military.

Officials also aim to counter negative stereotypes about firefighters and the fire service.

But she was aiming to counter anything like a starchy effect with a hint of recklessness.

The provision aims to counter "short-termism" by encouraging more loyalty between investors and companies.