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
But it was as an enemy to slavery, and the first practical opposer of its injustice and its cruelties, that Granville Sharp earned a foremost place in the great bede-roll of our English philanthropists.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
A mournful mark of talents misapplied, A handcuffed leader and a hoodwinked guide; The lone opposer of a lawless band, The fettered chieftain of a fettered land.'
From The Viceroys of Ireland by O'Mahony, Charles
Now the opposer had been destroyed, and no further obstacle stood in his path.
From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.
