opposition
Example Sentences
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The debate over data centers is heating up in the Imperial Valley, a rural desert region in southeastern California where a proposed center faces fierce opposition from residents.
From Los Angeles Times
Bellamy watches hours of opposition analysis in his office, studies his own team's matches and training sessions, and then there is the football he watches at home.
From BBC
This year's conference also features a plenary event with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado, who will speak Tuesday night on "the Future of Venezuela."
From Barron's
Powell led the central bank to cut rates three times last fall but encountered rising opposition on the 12-member Federal Open Market Committee with each reduction.
The stakes are particularly high for opposition groups, said Georgios Samaras, a lecturer in public policy at King’s College in London.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
