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Bradford Magistrates' Court was told it was "counterintuitive" for Bradford Council to regulate the playing of music while the district was celebrating its City of Culture year.

—The bond market freakout: More worrisome to financial observers was weird, counterintuitive activity in the treasury bond market.

Guerra tells me to twist my body into a closed position that feels counterintuitive to the open stroke of a tennis swing.

It might sound counterintuitive, but increased density can actually be safer if structures are built to the latest standards and landscaped with fire-resistant plants, experts say.

The idea of steak in an air fryer may seem counterintuitive.