opposition
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The 78-year-old's sole challenger Mohamed Farah Samatar got 2.19% of the vote, in a poll boycotted by most of the opposition.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
While the league authorities have made accommodations for other European campaigns in the past, PSG's request did prompt vocal opposition from Lens.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
“The state of Israel entered this war with a rare consensus,” opposition leader Yair Lapid said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
One theory is that the Iranians may view Vance as a more likely partner for diplomacy given his widely reported opposition to the war, and general doubts about US interventionism.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
“Sirs, while I would liefer commend the nobility of restraint, here must I endorse rather the vigor of lively opposition, lest, peradventure, we find that inaction is in itself the occasion of profligacy.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing opposition
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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100 SAT words Beginning with "O"
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