set in opposition
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Mr Brilliant says Harrods’ managers were set in opposition to each other and then expected to keep a watchful eye on their rivals.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2024
History tells us that Elizabeth and Mary were cousins set in opposition by their clashing religions, their royal parentage and their mutual desire to rule Britannia.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2011
Contrast, kon-trast′, v.i. to stand in opposition to.—v.t. to set in opposition, in order to show superiority or give effect.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
To stand against; to set in opposition to, as two or more objects of a like kind with a view to showing their difference.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.
I must own, ,Sir, I think that Sylla and my father ought to be set in opposition rather than paralleled.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace
