opposition
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Navalnaya, 50, has become Russia's leading exiled opposition figure, touring the world to meet foreign leaders, organising opposition rallies and publishing investigations into the alleged corruption of Putin's inner circle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
No formal opposition to Measure A has been submitted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
On stage, the president is met with cheering crowds and fleeting signs of opposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate, said on Monday she was ready to sit down with the country's interim president after her surprise return from exile.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
This insight has since been applied upward to the stars, and sideways to many subsets of the human family, with great success and invariable opposition.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
“Confessions II” is, by nature, an album of these oppositions.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Obviously we discuss about the oppositions and their bowling strengths. It is all normal for every batter."
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
The amount of own goals that Arsenal benefit from is in part down to their excellence from set-pieces and the pressure they put on oppositions.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
“They may still have honest oppositions but I think it’s important that there’s transparency around who funds them.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
On top of all the other oppositions, there may have been this final one: bartender, priest.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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