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Discover LudwigThe phrase "aimed to push back" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an intention or effort to counteract or resist something, such as an idea, trend, or action.
Example: "The organization aimed to push back against the proposed legislation that would limit environmental protections."
Alternatives: "intended to resist" or "sought to counter".
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Obama also delivered a major foreign policy speech last week that aimed to push back at critics who say he has been too cautious, including in his dealings with Russia.
The broadcast aimed to push back against a narrative developing in the media that Sanders would have difficulty retaining his 2016 staff, as well as to pre-emptively refute questions about the diversity of his staff and surrogates in a hypothetical 2020 run.
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They aim to push back against the Religious Right, weakened after the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage but which still wields enough power to preserve and expand anti-gay laws, further restrict women's reproductive choices and keep in place federally-funded abstinence programs that actually increase pregnancies.
Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said Israel's military operations aimed to push Mr. Arafat back to the negotiating table.
In short, Washington seems due for reappraisal, and in "Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington" the historian Robert J. Norrell aims to push him back up onto his pedestal — or, at any rate, to pick him up off the floor.
A Saudi-led Arab coalition has been bombing the Houthi rebels and army forces loyal to the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, since the end of March, aiming to push them back from southern and central areas and restore the country's exiled government.
In short, Washington seems due for reappraisal, and in "Up from History: The Life of Booker T. Washington" the historian Robert J. Norrell aims to push him back up onto his pedestal or, at any rate, to pick him up off the floor.
Pleasance expects to announce the 2014 programme by January and aims to push the tour back up to eight events but knows that the word of grand prix sailing is also waiting to see the future of the America's Cup and any associated tours, plus any moves made by the Extreme Sailing Series, which is run by Britain's Mark Turner through the Swiss-based Third Pole event organisation company.
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