opposer
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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
He was a warm partisan of Fox, and a strenuous opposer of the war with France.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
And Jerome, another opposer, quotes from him that “he had the apostles for his authors; and that he considered what Andrew, what Peter said, what Philip, what Thomas said, and other disciples of the Lord.”
From A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Sylvester Bliss
He was an uncompromising and fearless opposer of British wrongs—an able and unwavering advocate of American rights.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson