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setting against

noun as in alienation

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The county on Thursday filed 27 charges of “willful and malicious fire setting” against the three juveniles — all 16-year-olds whom police did not identify because of their ages — Gonzalez said.

Hamas has built up a powerful arsenal with Iran's help, and Israeli forces would risk be drawn into fighting in a crowded urban setting against a group that has built a vast tunnel network referred to by Israeli troops as the "Gaza Metro".

From Reuters

Seattle necessarily wasn’t off-track last Sunday in a 17-13 defeat at Cincinnati, going toe-to-toe in a tough setting against a team that has two consecutive AFC Conference title-game appearances.

"The project will highlight the social impact of the Derry Girls phenomenon, the roots of its setting against the backdrop of 1990s culture, the Troubles and of course the peace process, all captured with great humour and poignancy in the show."

From BBC

The loss to Tampa Bay in Munich was easy to write off as a blip, a defeat in a unique setting against the best QB in NFL history, and after Seattle had won four in a row.

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