| official counter | 6.65 | AMC officials counter by opening the books. | ||
| democrat counter | 2.76 | Democrats countered with spin of their own. | ||
| critic counter | 2.24 | A fraud, its critics counter. | ||
| government counter | 2.11 | The Indian government countered the assertion. | ||
| opponent counter | 2.04 | Opponents countered that any cap on punitive damages would be unfair. | ||
| run counter | 1.91 | Yes, same-sex marriage runs counter to prevailing mores. | ||
| prosecutor counter | 1.45 | The prosecutors countered by emphasizing the victims. | ||
| supporter counter | 1.45 | Supporters counter that FFTF has great potential. | ||
| leader counter | 1.32 | Cambodian leader counters U.S. drug accusation. | ||
| lawyer counter | 1.25 | Her lawyer counters that she is just trying to make a living. | ||
| company counter | 1.05 | A rival national ice-cream company counters with some dancing of its own. | ||
| group counter | 1.05 | The business group counters that military spending is already rebounding. | ||
| step counter | 1.05 | Americans abroad are taking steps to counter terrorism. | ||
| administration counter | 0.99 | The Bush administration has countered that this is too long. | ||
| attorney counter | 0.99 | The attorneys counter that they represented their clients properly. | ||
| defense counter | 0.79 | The defense countered with four witnesses of their own. | ||
| gore counter | 0.79 | Gore counters that the Florida court did not make up the rules as it went along. | ||
| industry counter | 0.72 | That description is unfair, the industry counters. | ||
| union counter | 0.72 | The union counters that it is unsafe to let prisoners out to exercise with jails at half staff. | ||
| authority counter | 0.66 | But the Spanish authorities countered the statement. |