opposition
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The exercises came after Taiwan’s main opposition leader, Cheng Li-wun, arrived in Washington—following an April meeting with Xi—where she is presenting herself as someone who can better ensure peaceful cross-Taiwan Strait relations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Jim Ross, a veteran California political consultant who didn’t work for either side of the proposal, said Lurie’s opposition made the measure a tough sell to voters given the mayor’s consistently high approval ratings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
They must get through two rounds of home and away ties against European opposition.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
The initiative faces broad opposition across the government, parliament and business sector, but opinion polls suggest the vote could be tight.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“How can woman’s position be changed from that of a subordinate to an equal,” she wrote, “without opposition, without the broadest discussion of all the questions involved in her present degradation?”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing opposition
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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100 SAT words Beginning with "O"
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