opponent
Example Sentences
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Their opponents, meanwhile, sustained less than 500 casualties in all.
He may still be able to fit in a voluntary defence with Wilder if an opponent is agreed quickly, with several mandatory challengers with other organisations already tied up.
From BBC
That is the reactor being revived, worrying opponents like Drazba who thought an era was over.
For Spencer, who admits to having a fiery temperament on the field, it was not just opponents on the wrong end of his aggression.
From BBC
But opponents argue there is not enough hard proof to warrant the new legislation, which could do more harm than good.
From Barron's
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