against

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In general VAR overturns, Liverpool have had six interventions against them.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Due to the magnitude, Fitzgerald would expect opposition from state attorneys general and significant lobbying against the deal by the rest of the airline industry, assuming the federal government were to signal its blessing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

To push back against generational anxiety, Shahniani has covered every wall in his house with sentimental items — hundreds in total — many of them from periods he is too young to have experienced.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Essayli would charge Orellana with conspiracy — under a federal statute typically used to build cases against drug traffickers and organized crime — and with aiding and abetting civil disorder.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

Look at the way they’d worked together against those cottonmouths.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman