opposer

Example Sentences

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“If California legalizes sports gambling it becomes very unlikely that another state would arise as the consumer-oriented opposer of sports gambling.”

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2022

The sole opposer was outgoing council member Brandon Todd, Ward 4 Democrat.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2020

Now the opposer had been destroyed, and no further obstacle stood in his path.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

It was nearly certain to silence a timid opposer; there was something so expressively sarcastic about it; it hid so much one felt sure Col.

From The Chautauqua Girls At Home by Pansy

The monument to Beckford, the bold opposer of the arbitrary measures of a mistaken court and a misguided Parliament, is by Moore, a sculptor who lived in Berners Street.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter