in opposition
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Its component parties have previously been reluctant to cooperate with Jewish parties, preferring to sit in opposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Music of the margins — which before neoperreo was punk rock and hip-hop — had been framed in opposition to polite society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Yet, this tense adventure makes a strong case that bad parents can still teach good lessons, even when a kid strives to live in opposition to their folks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
He provided real-time updates to a Los Angeles-based Chinese consular official and sent photographs of individuals protesting both in support of and in opposition to Tsai, the Justice Department said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
This book has therefore been deliberately written in opposition to certain conventions which have become established in ‘these postmodern days’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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