opposite number
Example Sentences
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His opposite number, the Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, agreed, telling the House of Commons: "Britain is not ungovernable."
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Mekies and his opposite number at McLaren, Andrea Stella, both agree that a hardware change is needed to go the full distance.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
There was one sour note for club captain Dupont, though, as he was sent to the sin-bin in the second half for a high tackle on opposite number Thomas Souverbie.
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
He holed out off the left-arm spin of his opposite number Mitchell Santner.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
He wondered who his opposite number was, the colonel on the far right, the last man on the right of the Union line.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
