against

Example Sentences

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There’s an argument for and against such gifts, and some critics would say that you are lessening the requirement and satisfaction of doing the hard work by removing such obstacles from your children’s lives with one trip to the bank.

From MarketWatch

Fans are feeling frisky about a plan to transform the building into a bar, campaigning against the idea in letters to city board members and online.

From The Wall Street Journal

That would eliminate the free ride that investors can enjoy by borrowing against their holdings.

From Los Angeles Times

I have to fight for it — I’m up against all the big publishing houses, so it’s very hard to compete.

From Los Angeles Times

And I don’t know if you want to say anything more about that, but also do you feel like people do somehow hold it against “Train Dreams” that it’s on Netflix?

From Los Angeles Times