react against
phrasal verb
reacted against; reacting against; reacts against
: to do things that are opposed to (something or someone that one disagrees with)
a group of artists who react against traditional ideas
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Head coach Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts against the Houston Texans during the third quarter in the AFC Divisional Playoff at GEHA Field on Saturday.
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David K. Li, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
An allergic reaction to milk happens when the immune system reacts against proteins in the milk, such as casein and whey.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
From the late nineteenth century onward, there had been a churning succession of modernist movements, each reacting against the last and proposing its own answers to fundamental questions about what art should be.
—Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Gotta admits some readers have reacted against some of the challenges encountered.
—Michael J. Williams, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
Thanks to differences in antigens, if someone receives incompatible blood from a donor, for example, the recipient’s immune system may detect those antigens as foreign and react against them.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2022
Galliano’s designs react against the mass production of fashion by focusing on complex tailoring that can only be done by hand rather than machine.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Designers are always innovating from and reacting against what came before, and new visionaries are cropping up all the time and fighting for a place in the canon.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
May, 2021, just gave a glimpse of how the Israeli state and society can react against Palestinian citizens in these moments.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
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David K. Li, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
An allergic reaction to milk happens when the immune system reacts against proteins in the milk, such as casein and whey.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
From the late nineteenth century onward, there had been a churning succession of modernist movements, each reacting against the last and proposing its own answers to fundamental questions about what art should be.
—Dean Kissick, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Gotta admits some readers have reacted against some of the challenges encountered.
—Michael J. Williams, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2024
Thanks to differences in antigens, if someone receives incompatible blood from a donor, for example, the recipient’s immune system may detect those antigens as foreign and react against them.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2022
Galliano’s designs react against the mass production of fashion by focusing on complex tailoring that can only be done by hand rather than machine.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Designers are always innovating from and reacting against what came before, and new visionaries are cropping up all the time and fighting for a place in the canon.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2024
May, 2021, just gave a glimpse of how the Israeli state and society can react against Palestinian citizens in these moments.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
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“React against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/react%20against. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.
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