opposer
Example Sentences
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“If California legalizes sports gambling it becomes very unlikely that another state would arise as the consumer-oriented opposer of sports gambling.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
The sole opposer was outgoing council member Brandon Todd, Ward 4 Democrat.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 15, 2020
You see by this, that as far back as 1842 Mr. Lincoln was a strong temperance man as well as opposer of slavery.
From Boys' and Girls' Biography of Abraham Lincoln by James H. Shaw
He held no office during William's reign, and is described by Macky as "always a great opposer" of the administration.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
Shakespeare's words: "Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear it that the opposer may beware of thee," are deeply engraved on the hearts of all Englishmen.
From The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 3, 1854-1861 by Arthur Christopher Benson
