against
Example Sentences
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The Journal counted such drugs that the criteria recommended against using in seniors in general, but not those the guidelines recommended against under specified circumstances only.
Those teams could make it work because they had faced a D-II or D-III team at some point during the season which didn’t count against its games limit.
From Los Angeles Times
Musselman made a point to give more minutes to 7-foot-5 center Gabe Dynes, with a three-big lineup coming up against Michigan.
From Los Angeles Times
One note proposed replacing the image on the cover page — which showed palm trees on fire against an orange sky — with a “positive” one, such as “firefighters on the frontline.”
From Los Angeles Times
Set amid thickly forested mountains, it is the heart of the resistance against the junta in Chin state.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
