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opposition
noun as in obstruction, antagonism
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in person, people competing
Strong matches
Weak match
Example Sentences
They also spearheaded an ultimately successful effort to remove an opposition president.
For starters, previous recall campaigns that have made the ballot have done so thanks to intense grassroots opposition to the governor, but this one may deserve a bit of an asterisk because of all the extra time it had to collect signatures.
Leading opposition figures say there was no coup attempt — and that Moïse is no longer president.
Progress happens, and alongside it, opposition grows as well.
Although no one has officially registered any opposition to a new bill introduced by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, not everyone agrees that giving students a re-do is a good idea.
First, as opposition to gay marriage collapses, American anti-LGBT activists will slow their battle against it.
The bill, which passed Congress without opposition, is only a temporary fix and expires in 2015.
The opposition responded with a month-long Occupy Abay (like Occupy Wall St) campaign, in which Udaltsov was one of key figures.
Other journalists and opposition activists languish in prison on similar charges.
As for his harsh—some might even say paranoid—opposition to European integration, “most of us would support him.”
Never had Punch secured the telling of that tale with so little opposition.
"You are very sure of opposition—strangely sure, monsieur," said Garnache, looking him between the eyes.
Wait patiently until your side move over from the Opposition to the Government benches.
At the store he would never have given in, but he was not accustomed to hearing so loud a murmur of approval greet the opposition.
The Alcaid and his officers seized the favourable moment, and entered the house without opposition.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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