opponents
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Ali Vaez, an Iran expert at the International Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution organization, said the rally was meant to send a warning to the government’s opponents at home and abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Infantino, 56, will stand for election for a fourth time in March, with his opponents having until 18 November to find an alternative candidate.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
And yet, I had spent the day doing something to El-Sayed that his opponents were also doing in a very different way: insisting that the most revealing thing about him was his Muslimness.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
However, it soon became apparent that the officials had made an error in failing to identify an offside offence by Enzo Fernandez, diving at the ball in a central position and interfering with opponents.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
He spent the remaining thirteen years of his life curing diseases and battling opponents with his customary stubborn ferocity.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
