opponent
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Plus, how Knicks fans are hitting the road to secure NBA Finals tickets, the opponent Jannik Sinner can’t beat and Jason Gay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
There are some exceptions, including for goalkeepers, injuries and if the opponent is booked or sent off.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
“They’re loathe to really critique some of the foundational problems like a real ideological opponent would.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Martial arts films portray competition as a means of pushing your opponent to do better, to go further.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Mark Taimanov was his first opponent, a powerful competitor who, at forty-five, was playing some of the best chess of his life, and who’d played exceedingly well at Palma.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Vocabulary of the Summer Olympics
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Check It Out, Mate: Chess Vocabulary
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Excerpt from "The Philosophy of Literary Form" by Kenneth Burke
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