• Suddenly, QPR began to look dangerous on the counter-attack, soaking up pressure before pushing forward in search of an unlikely winner.

    CNN: Chelsea suffers home humiliation

  • Sudan, who have come with a second-string team, were kept under pressure but managed to break on a counter-attack to restore their lead 10 minutes later through Amarria.

    BBC: By Emmanuel Muga

  • Stoke seemed content to soak up Hull pressure and rely on counter-attacks, but both Etherington and Dean Whitehead skewed shots horribly off target from promising positions.

    BBC: Hull 2-1 Stoke

  • Since then, however, the government has cancelled the licences of several exchange bureaus, signalling that it still intends to counter pressure on the currency with strong-arm tactics.

    ECONOMIST: Egypt's economic misfortunes, miseries and mistakes

  • Blackburn had to withstand some incessant pressure as they employed their strategy to soak up pressure and catch City out on the counter-attack.

    BBC: Manchester City 1-1 Blackburn

  • This counter-intuitive result may reflect the strong cultural and religious pressure to give, and the fact that the Biblical tithe, against which many people measure their donations, says nothing of pre- or post-tax dollars.

    FORBES: Raise Taxes To Clinton-Era Levels? How About Spend At Clinton-Era Levels?

  • Dietmar Hamann had a sweetly struck half-volley saved immediately after the break but City sat back as they soaked up the pressure and tried to catch United out on the counter-attack.

    BBC: Man Utd 1-2 Man City

  • Derby's pressure eventually told and their winner came after a superb counter-attack involving Teale, Pearson and Dickov, who pulled the ball back for Hulse to put the Rams in front.

    BBC: SPORT | Football | Championship | Derby 2-1 Coventry

  • Self-regulation, social norms, and public pressure can also help counter many problems without resorting to major changes in liability norms.

    FORBES: The Greatest of All Internet Laws Turns 15

  • But, goes the counter-argument, the very threat that shareholders could nix egregious packages might put downward pressure on rewards that have got out of control.

    ECONOMIST: Big shareholders must get stuck in to make capitalism work

  • Although Wigan seemed content to soak up pressure from the visitors, they went close to doubling their lead on the counter-attack.

    BBC: Wigan 1-1 Stoke

  • The visitors, the only three-time winners of the competition, launched two scything counter attacks in the first five minutes and their early pressure paid off when Courrent edged them into the lead with a penalty.

    BBC: Leicester 14-9 Toulouse

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