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
The monument to Beckford, the bold opposer of the arbitrary measures of a mistaken court and a misguided Parliament, is by Moore, a sculptor who lived in Berners Street.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
There he took a conspicuous part and became the uncompromising opposer of all measures that were not within the pale of the constitution or were tinctured with oppression.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
From that time he became a prominent politician—an advocate of equal rights—a stern opposer of British wrongs.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
