How to Use oppose in a Sentence
oppose
verb
- He met the man who will oppose him in the next election.
- The change is opposed by many of the town's business leaders.
- The group opposes the mayor and is trying to find a candidate to run against her.
- These two teams opposed each other in last year's playoffs.
- The governor opposes the death penalty.
- We're hoping we can get more senators to oppose the legislation.
- You've opposed every suggestion I've made.
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But Johnson has opposed bringing the measure to the House floor for a vote.
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Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2024
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Though the closure will affect tens of thousands of jobs, few are opposed to it.
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Julie Watson and Lisa Baumann,
ajc,
7 Apr. 2023
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How to return the ball After the serve, the opposing team must let the ball bounce once before hitting it across the court.
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Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
14 June 2023
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In March, those who opposed it traveled to Austin to rally against the statewide effort.
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Anna Giaritelli,
Washington Examiner,
5 May 2023
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At the time, a small group of House Republicans joined with most Democrats to oppose the measure.
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Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
25 Sep. 2024
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Most of the Republicans in the House supported the bill and most Democrats opposed it.
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Mike Cason | McAson@al.com,
al,
10 May 2023
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Stealth fighters like the F-22 are shaped to deflect opposing radar waves.
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Alex Hollings,
Popular Mechanics,
8 Aug. 2023
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At one point the group even organized two opposing protests to take place at the same time in Houston, Texas.
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Donie O'Sullivan,
CNN,
26 July 2023
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The crown prince added that the kingdom was opposed to any form of civilian targeting and the loss of innocent lives.
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WSJ,
12 Oct. 2023
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But Hamas has been pressing for a more durable end to the fighting, which Israel opposes.
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Leo Sands,
Washington Post,
10 Mar. 2024
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What is one of the things these opposing residents want the King to do in relation to its colonial rule of the country?
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CNN,
2 Nov. 2023
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Hogan opposes Trump at the top of his party’s ticket but had not endorsed Biden.
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Sam Janesch,
Baltimore Sun,
21 July 2024
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Netanyahu has consistently opposed a deal that would end the war.
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Trita Parsi,
TIME,
1 Aug. 2024
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Your discontent peaks around the 10th, when Venus opposes wet-blanket Saturn in your 11th house of groups.
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Steph Koyfman,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Sep. 2023
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This Moon is directly opposed to your sign ruler, Jupiter, so the potential for growth feels distant.
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Jennifer Culp,
Them,
6 Sep. 2024
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That a large majority of the population opposes these things doesn’t faze them in the least.
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Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2024
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Though miniskirts and thigh-high boots paired with blazers and turtlenecks have done the trick so far, this all-black look is the most seamless blend of the two seemingly opposing styles yet.
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Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
22 Dec. 2023
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That bill, opposed by the White House and dead on arrival in the Senate, leaving Congress still deadlocked over how to fix a decade's long dilemma with no end in sight.
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ABC News,
14 May 2023
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But Miramar residents showed up in droves to oppose it, per the Herald.
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Sommer Brugal,
Axios,
19 Sep. 2024
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The House Freedom Caucus opposed the bill for lack of spending reductions and money for the border.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
14 Nov. 2023
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Feinstein was one of the few senators who opposed DOMA in 1996.
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Caitlin O'Kane,
CBS News,
29 Sep. 2023
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Which, of course, means opposing much of what Trump’s own administration put together on AI.
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Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2024
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Nearly three-fourths of respondents opposed the split, 8% supported it and 19% had either no opinion or needed more information.
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Kelly Meyerhofer,
Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2024
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