against

Example Sentences

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The Trojans played one of the nation’s toughest schedules, with 15 games against teams seeded higher than them in the tournament.

From Los Angeles Times

USC opened the season 10-3, with two of those losses coming against two No. 1 seeds, Connecticut and South Carolina.

From Los Angeles Times

Four of those were against No. 1 seeds, all losses.

From Los Angeles Times

The fight against IS in Somalia is not over.

From BBC

The tanker had been involved in ongoing US operations against Iran and was one of two aircraft involved in the incident.

From BBC