opposite number
Example Sentences
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"I said 'you have to get hold of George Robertson'. I think they thought that was a bit strange because George was my opposite number who spent his life making my life difficult."
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
A clumsy collision with opposite number Kyle Steyn while contesting a high ball in the Scotland defeat earned Arundell a 20-minute red card and cost England dear.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
He holed out off the left-arm spin of his opposite number Mitchell Santner.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
He holed out off the left-arm spin of his opposite number Mitchell Santner.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
I stand under the trees for a while, opposite number twenty- three.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
