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
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
One group spent more than $5.8 million in opposition to the tax increase, boosted by six-figure contributions from the venture capitalist Michael Moritz and the Google co-founder Sergey Brin, according to the city’s campaign-finance database.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
She would go on to govern for 15 years, turning the TMC into India's most successful regional party and herself into one of the country's most formidable opposition politicians.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
An argument began, behind which he sensed more opposition than he had ever encountered before.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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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