opposition

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The student survey indicating widespread opposition to the policy—released in February shortly after the grade proposal was publicized—was taken at an “unrepresentative moment” because it snapshotted students’ initial shock, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

She also defended the government's response to cost of living pressures, with opposition parties asking for more details on how to protect people from rising energy costs.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

What makes this moment different is that the skepticism is not confined to the opposition.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026

Now they are able to do more damage using artificial intelligence to simulate fake grassroots opposition to clean air measures, and they are surreptitiously using the identities of real people to deceive regulators.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

He warned his colleagues from the Deep South that their opposition to the mere mention of an end to slavery and the slave trade was misguided.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis