What's the difference between counterblow and counterpunch?
Counterblow
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Counterpunch
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(1) For long periods Argentina had been stifled by a fine counterpunching opposition, but it would be a little hasty to fret too much about them after this performance.
(2) I can’t see him compromising on this … I think in the final months of the Obama administration we could see some very assertive, destabilising actions by China.” Nick Bisley, an international relations professor from La Trobe University in Melbourne, said that for all China’s frustration at the ruling he believed a military “counterpunch” was unlikely.
(3) Trump said that he was “a counterpuncher” and insisted “I was getting along with him and then he attacks me about nothing”.
(4) Labour offers counterpunch to Daily Telegraph business letter Read more After drawing lots, the leader of the Green party, Natalie Bennett , will be the first to speak.
(5) Mayweather's fast hands though are still landing counterpunch jabs.
(6) 2002 Counterpunch article On his writing room's bookshelves: "Most of them, however, are filled with the foreign editions of my books.
(7) 3.38am BST Heat 57-58 Spurs, 9:34 remaining, third quarter Miami counterpunches with a Wade basket, a Lewis three and a Wade three-pointer and it's a one-point game again.
(8) 3.38am BST Spurs 71-56 Heat, 11:14 left, 3rd quarter Okay, that the Heat counterpunching.
(9) Voters allow politicians who are counterpunching far more leeway than they do those who throw the first punch.
(10) As Roach said while Khan was undergoing routine checks in hospital: "The plan was to counterpunch, use the jab, but Mr Garcia got under his skin, and his heart got in the way.
(11) Guardian unofficial scorecard: Matthysse 9-10 Garcia 4.26am BST Matthysse vs Garcia: Round three Matthysse throwing some early left hook but none connect effectively and it leaves him open to Garcia counterpunches.
(12) All eyes on Trump as Republican debate nears, but Fox will be the real winner Read more In remarks that underscored the risks of attacking the maverick real-estate mogul too aggressively, Trump also warned that he would “counterpunch” just as hard if his opponents chose to make the debate in Cleveland personal.
(13) Further political or military pressure from the US – which Beijing has accused of masterminding the case against its claims in the South China Sea – would lead the Chinese people to “firmly support our government to launch a tit-for-tat counterpunch”, it warned .