Counterpose in a sentence as a verb

>With a Soviet aircraft that could counterpose Concorde nowhere near in sight for at least years to come, the Tu-144 programme was becoming more of a political embarrassment rather than a source of pride to the Soviet Union, a symbol of a technological race lost to the West, and was quietly ended.

Counterpose definitions

verb

constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to

See also: counterweight counterpoise