put in opposition

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And often these things are put in opposition to each other.

From The Verge • Jan. 19, 2021

But how vain are the calculations of the greatest human intellects, when put in opposition to the overruling will of Omnipotence!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various

At the first look it seems very promising that in the old dialogue of Aristo of Pella, a Hebrew Christian, Jason, is put in opposition to the Alexandrian Jew, Papiscus.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

This determines that the words, but deceiveth his own heart, are not put in opposition to seemeth to be religious, but to bridleth not his tongue. 

From Human Nature and Other Sermons by Morley, Henry

Dr. Warburton has very happily observed, that O sweet Oliver is a quotation from an old song; I believe there are two quotations put in opposition to each other.

From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Johnson, Samuel