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Every major American medical association to consider this issue has come out in opposition to “conversion therapy” for youth and endorsed its prohibition.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

But, these days, the PRI is a weakened minority player in opposition to the government of Sheinbaum, elected under the banner of the now-dominant Morena party.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

The merger drew the ire of several large Core Scientific shareholders, including Two Seas Capital, which filed a proxy in opposition to the merger in September, and has remained vocal on the subject since then.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

That seems odd: Scalia’s entire judicial career, promoting originalism and textualism for constraining judicial activism, stands in opposition to the judicial mindset pioneered in Griswold.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

This book has therefore been deliberately written in opposition to certain conventions which have become established in ‘these postmodern days’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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