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
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