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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
op·po·nent
[
uh
-
poh
-n
uh
nt
]
/
əˈpoʊ
nənt
/
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Part of Speech:
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opponent
Part of Speech:
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Example Sentences
Acceleration can make you a winner, even if your
opponent
can ultimately run faster than you.
Players determine whether an
opponent
is within a few hundred yards of them, then fire messages the
opponent
's way.
He has campaigned with more style, intelligence and discipline than his
opponent
.
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Acceleration can make you a winner, even if your
opponent
can ultimately run faster than you.
Players determine whether an
opponent
is within a few hundred yards of them, then fire messages the
opponent
's way.
He has campaigned with more style, intelligence and discipline than his
opponent
.
Bereft of leverage, it can be pushed back to its bottom line by a clever
opponent
.
If an
opponent
hesitates, it is perfectly proper to draw conclusions but you do so at your own risk.
Players take turns dropping more and more tokens on a grid, trying to box in their
opponent
.
Religion is the main
opponent
of population control.
Each player determines in which playing area his
opponent
may play.
The chess game offers a computer-controlled
opponent
with three skill levels.
People try harder to beat a weakling than to topple a higher-ranked
opponent
.
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