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oppose

[uh-pohz] / əˈpoʊz /




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But members of the British Medical Association's Scottish Council raised serious concerns and voted to oppose the plan during a meeting on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Officials in Kigali said negotiations with the five EU countries were ongoing, lawmakers Anna Strolenberg and Tineke Strik -- who oppose return hubs over human rights and other concerns -- told a virtual press conference.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Local communities have cited nondisclosure agreements and secrecy surrounding data-center plans as a big reason they oppose the facilities, which many blame for pushing up power prices and consuming large amounts of water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In the poll, 45% of likely voters support the proposal, while 42% oppose it and 13% are undecided.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Once sympathetic to slaveholders, Van Buren is not an abolitionist but joins those who oppose slavery’s expansion in favor of free, white workers.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Ma opposes the measure, saying, “We are trying to make voting accessible and easier.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

DeCrane said his group opposes the way it has been "marketed" to firefighters, including in Spokane where morning briefings fire chiefs to their crews included suggestions that they visit a volunteer tent for treatment.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Koja has said he won’t stand in the way of the relocation, which Tamaki has said he still opposes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Postal Service, and, the mail was returned as undeliverable, which Cohen’s office opposes including in the measure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

He has opposed the invasion of Pennsylvania, but once the army is committed he no longer opposes.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Tayaba’s tribe has opposed the Newsom administration’s push to build the Delta Conveyance Project, a 45-mile tunnel that would transport water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

She also opposed dozens of efforts by her colleagues to create new anticamping zones in their own districts, many of them near parks, freeway overpasses and other locations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“If something is not in Iraq’s interest, we don’t want them,” said Rahman Hussein Ahmed, a 51-year-old former fighter in a rebel group that opposed both Iran and the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Lara Jesani, a lawyer who has helped interfaith couples obtain court protection, said details of planned weddings have sometimes reached relatives and Hindu nationalist groups opposed to them within that notice period.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

She and the other suffragists argued that they were being jailed because they had opposed the government and not because they had blocked traffic or stood too long on the sidewalks or city streets.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

The company’s chief executive, Lisa Su, has previously spoken in favor of open-source models, and AMD signed a July letter led by Nvidia supporting open models and opposing premature regulation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Italian and Egyptian prosecutors originally investigated the case together, but reached opposing conclusions.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Beijing has helped too, said Lankov, noting China's preference to keep the status quo of the Kim dynasty by opposing potential instability from defectors or their supporters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

That ability to hold seemingly opposing ideas at once became one of the most compelling threads running through the festival.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

It’s the bottom of the sixth and we’re up by three, but the opposing team is at bat.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone




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