opposite number
Example Sentences
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Sky Sports pointed to the fact that former Swansea player Ashley Williams was one of their pundits, while Swans boss Vitor Matos - like opposite number Phil Parkinson - was interviewed before the game.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
A clumsy collision with opposite number Kyle Steyn while contesting a high ball in the Scotland defeat earned Arundell a 20-minute red card and cost England dear.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
He holed out off the left-arm spin of his opposite number Mitchell Santner.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
