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opponent

[uh-poh-nuhnt] / əˈpoʊ nənt /


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Opponent Julia Riera walked over to check on Jones and helped lift her on to a wheelchair.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

Opponent rushes up the court with urgency and promptly makes a three-point shot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024

Opponent Charles Cole said the policy was poorly drafted.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

The average score of those games: Ranked Big Ten Opponent 44, Maryland 12.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2021

Hence we may be assured that the impossibility stated by our Opponent does not exist.

From A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by Wilberforce, William




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