opposition

Example Sentences

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Claybaugh said opposition to the cap isn’t as sharp as it might seem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Not only has Gabriel been a lynchpin in the top-flight's meanest defence – he has caused the opposition real problems at set-plays.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

One key to his success has been his demolition of the fragmented, old opposition parties.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Hamidreza Azizi, an academic and author on Iran, said the idea was "to prevent any opposition calls for people to come onto the streets".

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 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