oppose

Example Sentences

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What’s most concerning is the use of actual residents’ identities — without their knowledge or consent — to oppose life-saving clean air standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

While it does not oppose cremation, it does ban scattering of ashes.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In Yountville, population 3,400, employers like Keller who oppose this project say they want more workforce housing—just not this version.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Some traditionalists in the Church of England and the wider global Anglican Communion, continue to oppose the idea of women being priests at all.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

To oppose vulgarity is inevitably to be vulgar.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin