How to Use have against in a Sentence

have against

phrasal verb
  • That’s 15 more than any other team has had against Colorado at 5-on-5 this season.
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Dana Taylor: But what protections can artists have against their work being used to train AI?
    Dana Armstrong, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • That's the number of criminal complaints that Donald Trump has against him.
    Erika Ryan, NPR, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Who knows what impact a healthy Hancock could have had against Michigan or Georgia?
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The bigger problem is the success Steele has had against Milwaukee in his career.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2023
  • What do people have against the Christmas classic Nothing.
    Emilie Ikeda, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The settlement with the Virgin Islands did not cover claims anyone else might have against Mr. Black.
    Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 21 July 2023
  • Not to cast about for trends, but what do the movies of 2023 have against balding, flatulent, socially awkward teachers named Paul?
    Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • And that's not all the evidence prosecutors had against Armstrong.
    Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • People will still resell seats under the table; the more this happens in unauthorized channels, the less protection fans will have against scams.
    Emma Fox, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • The power of judges to toss evidence seized in contravention of a defendant’s rights is, the Supreme Court wrote in 1968, the only true defense Americans have against police misconduct.
    WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • This audit disproves the only credible allegations the Trump campaign had against the strength of Georgia's signature match processes.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Examples of how systemic bias can play out include the redlining housing movement of the 20th century and negative attitude health care professionals can have against fat people that result in a poorer standard of care.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacramento Bee, 19 June 2024
  • Officers arrested Reed on a charge of violating a protective order his neighbor had against him, according to police.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024
  • According to charging documents, Feldman violated a final protective order Wheeler had against him on June 24, nearly two weeks before she was killed.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2024
  • The issue arises when these pundits repeatedly reinforce the prejudices that their readers already have against Evangelicals.
    Andrew T. Walker, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Whatever evidence Russia has against the journalist hasn't been publicly released, according to U.S. officials.
    Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 17 July 2024
  • On June 24, Feldman violated a final protective order Wheeler had against him, according to charging documents.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2024

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