opposite number
Example Sentences
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There was one sour note for club captain Dupont, though, as he was sent to the sin-bin in the second half for a high tackle on opposite number Thomas Souverbie.
From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026
He holed out off the left-arm spin of his opposite number Mitchell Santner.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
Hall’s Deandra is Perfidia’s opposite number: steadfast, focused, calm.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
That is where another similarity between Smith and opposite number Carey can be drawn.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
He wondered who his opposite number was, the colonel on the far right, the last man on the right of the Union line.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
