To make a seesaw work, you must counterbalance the weight of the two people riding by moving up or down the plank. From LearnThat.org.
What a pity her main conservative counterbalance is Hasselbeck. From Wordnik.com. [Who rode election's coattails furthest? Check the winners and losers] Reference
But the counterbalance is the presence of that 16-year-old stepdaughter in the car while she's running over her dad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2003] Reference
I think you see you've got to have some kind of counterbalance to greed, for example. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2009] Reference
Mr. Huckle says piracy cases have helped "counterbalance" that downturn but he is unable to provide specific figures. From Wordnik.com. [Pirate Attacks Keep Law Firm Buzzing] Reference
It will probably come as a "counterbalance" to complaints that our trillion dollar war in Iraq had something to do with it. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
So all the energy that it took they actually powered with renewable energy in order to kind of counterbalance what they were putting out there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2009] Reference
Of course not - but today's media always feels the need to "counterbalance" everything - even if it overstates or validates ridiculous positions. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Hits Critics For Taking Her RFK Assassination Remarks "Out Of Context"] Reference
Independents would be able to "counterbalance" the Presbyterians, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649] Reference
In his own words, the Pureness 2 will act as a "counterbalance" to smartphones. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
Diplomats said their inclusion would also help to "counterbalance" the dominance of regional superpower China. From Wordnik.com. [Raw Story] Reference
It is commonplace in America to "counterbalance" a Democratic president with Republicans in the Congress, and vice versa. From Wordnik.com. [RIA Novosti] Reference
"counterbalance" to what he perceives as poor decisions made by Chittum. From Wordnik.com. [The Roanoke Times: Home page] Reference
But in Iger, Eisner seems to have found a counterbalance. From Wordnik.com. [Finding Disney] Reference
How can we know that three pleasures counterbalance a pain?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
• Build up the unions as a counterbalance to corporate power. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Goldman: The Plan to Save America] Reference
Yeltsin's maneuvers allow Gorbachev to counterbalance the right. From Wordnik.com. [Yeltsin's Challenge] Reference
And a few consensus heavyweights are necessary as counterbalance. From Wordnik.com. [The Impossible Exhibition] Reference
We're in the Beauty Shop, you know, the counterbalance to the Barbershop. From Wordnik.com. [In The Beauty Shop: Politics And Adultery] Reference
We must counterbalance the corporate/political power axis with citizen power. From Wordnik.com. [Colin Beavan: American-Bashing Misses the Point When Climate Talks Fail] Reference
America's earlier support for Saddam Hussein was intended to counterbalance Iran. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Matt's voice quavers slightly but I doubt that his news will counterbalance mine. From Wordnik.com. [Red Fox Rampant] Reference
May not the intense thrill of a moment more than counterbalance "four lukewarm hours?". From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
And, of course, to counterbalance that, it was the introduction of brand new life into my world. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Roberts: Rock At 'The End Of The World'] Reference
He kept the rudder at counterbalance, threw off the power, and wondered what they were headed into. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Many Afghans said they were voting to improve a parliament that has been a weak counterbalance to Karzai. From Wordnik.com. [Deadly attacks, signs of fraud mar Afghan vote] Reference
The IGC said it expects higher exports from the U.S. to counterbalance some of the output reductions elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Drought Overseas Boosts U.S. Wheat Export Sales, Prices] Reference
Jacques Chirac says he wants to foster a multipolar world, with Europe as a counterbalance to the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Pushing For A Flatter World] Reference
To counterbalance weather extremes, I take simple steps like stopping to cool off and drinking plenty of fluids. From Wordnik.com. [Acupuncture, motorcycle riding share similar qualities] Reference
India began distancing itself from its old comrades in Moscow, and embracing the United States as a counterbalance to China. From Wordnik.com. [Dueling Markets: Can Food Fight Oil?] Reference
That little complication caused solar variation to fall out of favor with the White House as a global-warming counterbalance. From Wordnik.com. [A House Of Cards] Reference
But the AKP's power — including its ability to counterbalance any court action — has politically emasculated the secular judiciary. From Wordnik.com. [Ankara’s Quiet Revolution] Reference
While it was principled, it was also strategic – David needed to counterbalance the idea it was his brother who was creating the movement. From Wordnik.com. [Labour leadership race: Good for the candidates, bad for the party] Reference
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