run counter to
idiom
of a thing, such as a belief or theory
: to be opposed to : to disagree with
His theory ran counter to the beliefs of his time.
Examples of run counter to in a Sentence
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Doing so would run counter to Biden’s goal of decarbonizing the nation’s electric sector by the middle of the next decade.
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Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2024
Yet those inward-looking periods, however notable, run counter to the national character defined by what might be described euphemistically as robust engagement with the outside world or, as critics would say, meddling in other countries’ affairs.
—Jon Sebastian Shifrin, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
LeBlanc’s tastes, meanwhile, run counter to the generally rootsy tenor of live music in rural West Marin.
—Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
But other actions have run counter to that spirit of openness.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
Prominent figures like the Florida surgeon general are responding to local outbreaks in ways that run counter to science and public health recommendations.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
However, to merely dismiss all of the critics out of hand as insane or intolerant or anti-Semitic would ironically run counter to the spirit of Chen’s essay itself.
—Phil Klay, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
These conclusions apparently run counter to what the locals believe, since fishing interests and many Delta residents and businesses oppose the tunnel.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
The United States has placed NSO on a Commerce Department blacklist prohibiting U.S. companies from doing business with it because its tools run counter to U.S. interests.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2024
Yet those inward-looking periods, however notable, run counter to the national character defined by what might be described euphemistically as robust engagement with the outside world or, as critics would say, meddling in other countries’ affairs.
—Jon Sebastian Shifrin, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2024
LeBlanc’s tastes, meanwhile, run counter to the generally rootsy tenor of live music in rural West Marin.
—Daniel Bromfield, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
But other actions have run counter to that spirit of openness.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, Fortune Asia, 20 Mar. 2024
Prominent figures like the Florida surgeon general are responding to local outbreaks in ways that run counter to science and public health recommendations.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2024
However, to merely dismiss all of the critics out of hand as insane or intolerant or anti-Semitic would ironically run counter to the spirit of Chen’s essay itself.
—Phil Klay, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2024
These conclusions apparently run counter to what the locals believe, since fishing interests and many Delta residents and businesses oppose the tunnel.
—Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
The United States has placed NSO on a Commerce Department blacklist prohibiting U.S. companies from doing business with it because its tools run counter to U.S. interests.
—Joseph Menn, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
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