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against

Definition for against

preposition as in opposite to

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Seeing these actions, Schiff worries about further punitive measures against California.

Other receivers have a combined 48 targets, including Tutu Atwell, who caught the winning touchdown pass against the Indianapolis Colts on only his fifth target of the season.

In three games against the 49ers, Nacua has 26 catches for 285 yards and a touchdown.

Even the pin light of a cell phone charger gives us something to orient ourselves against, a way to make sense of where we are.

From Salon

A couple of years ago I might have felt uneasy with George’s insistence to make his wife breakfast, his keeping her stuff, and his gift-giving, because it smacks against the acceptance stage of grief work.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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