Counters stretched along the busy deli, each manned by a server taking orders.

Counter arrived early to the ceremony to greet every guest personally.

During the field study, the researcher noted several counterfuls appearing in informal speech.

She prepared a counterful of fresh pastries for the morning crowd.

During the match, she kept cross-countering whenever her opponent overcommitted to a right hook.

The university's archive contains rare pamphlets from the Counter-Reformation that illuminate early modern debates on faith and authority.

The CEO ignored the bean counters and approved the expansion plan.

Although the team called him a bean-counter, his strict cost controls revived the startup.

The fund manager met with the counter-parties to renegotiate the terms of the derivative contract.

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