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Most Americans dislike data centers: 75% of people say they would oppose a data center being built near where they live, according to one poll by Heatmap Pro.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Daryl Caudle made news in January when he said he would oppose extending the USS Gerald Ford’s deployment, owing to the cascading consequences for maintenance and crew.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

In March, a Gallup poll even found that 71% of Americans oppose data centers in their community, more than they oppose a local nuclear power plant.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

A Public Policy Institute of California poll from July showed that 73% of residents oppose the construction of data centers in their communities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Americans who might have been philosophically inclined to oppose the Klan had now been given enough specific information to oppose them more actively, and public sentiment began to shift.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

PG&E opposes the bill, saying that it does not really address affordability and will slow down electrification and interconnection work and make it more expensive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

It also opposes the use of volunteers from the National Youth Service as airport staff.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

China has repeatedly said it opposes “illegal and unreasonable unilateral sanctions” by Washington.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

They said the university stood for "respect for human dignity and opposes discrimination, hatred and racism".

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He is sympathetic to the slaveholding South and opposes any limit on slavery.

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

Hereditary Prince Alois had indicated at the time that he would have opposed the change.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Almost 80% of Liechtenstein's population of about 41,000 people belong to the Roman Catholic Church which is opposed to abortion.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Earlier this year, China’s Ministry of Commerce said it opposed “hyping the so-called excess capacity of China” and attributed export growth to the country’s economies of scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

But Cinema United, an industry trade group whose membership also includes smaller theaters, has opposed it in part because studio consolidation typically results in fewer movies being made.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Almost every demonstration has been accompanied by protests and even confrontations staged by those opposed to the movement.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Last week, dozens of organizations signed a letter to the governor opposing any “last-minute legislation to create dangerous exemptions to the Coastal Act.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

In practice, though, the museum friends and the beach friends are forming opposing factions, and the vegetarian friend is hovering between malnourishment and total banishment.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Tito's death in 1980 was the beginning of the end for Yugoslavia - always an uneasy confederation of opposing factions, competing nationalisms and simmering hatred.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

United by necessity, the men hold opposing views on humankind, and their ongoing quarrel gives the movie a ruminative foundation that sets it apart from the usual action-first studio feature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

No other players joined in the protest, because most were guilty of doing the very thing Fischer was opposing.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady