in opposition
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Its component parties have previously been reluctant to cooperate with Jewish parties, preferring to sit in opposition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
During Tuesday’s City Council meeting, council members debated the Axon pilot program after hearing from scores of people who spoke out in opposition to more cameras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Music of the margins — which before neoperreo was punk rock and hip-hop — had been framed in opposition to polite society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
He provided real-time updates to a Los Angeles-based Chinese consular official and sent photographs of individuals protesting both in support of and in opposition to Tsai, the Justice Department said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Noun. A person who acts in opposition to the established authority, who is not necessarily regarded as a belligerent.”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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