put in opposition

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And often these things are put in opposition to each other.

From The Verge • Jan. 19, 2021

At the first look it seems very promising that in the old dialogue of Aristo of Pella, a Hebrew Christian, Jason, is put in opposition to the Alexandrian Jew, Papiscus.

From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil

There was too sure a witness here for the decay of moral strength and health, when these could not merely be dissevered from beauty, but implicitly put in opposition to it.

From On the Study of Words by Trench, Richard Chenevix

This and that are frequently put in opposition to each other; this, to express what is nearer in place or time; that, what is more remote.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

But how vain are the calculations of the greatest human intellects, when put in opposition to the overruling will of Omnipotence!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various