How to Use in opposition to in a Sentence

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• The vote was 64% in opposition to the deal, which offered a 35% raise in over four years.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
• Yet this wouldn’t be the first time a younger female artist found herself in opposition to Swift.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 1 June 2024
• Parents and staff from the Shaw and Sumner schools have been vocal in opposition to the mergers.
  — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
• Parents and staff from the Shaw and Sumner schools have been vocal in opposition to the mergers.
  — Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
• Uber and Lyft have both released statements in opposition to the measure.
  — Trisha Ahmed, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
• The motion passed even as thousands of people continued taking to the streets in opposition to the move.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 12 Mar. 2023
• Some left in opposition to their union’s politics and others to save on dues.
  — James O’Donnell, The New Republic, 28 Dec. 2022
• All of those positions are in opposition to his church.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
• Netanyahu put the overhaul on hold in March after mass protests erupted in opposition to it.
  — Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2023
• No one spoke in opposition to the bill, and there was none recorded in a committee bill analysis.
  — Andrew Sheeler, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
• The United States needs to show that its interests are not in opposition to those of non-Western countries.
  — Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• The candidates onstage who have staked their campaigns in opposition to Trump are among the lowest-polling.
  — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• Speakers in opposition to the plan questioned whether the board was listening to feedback.
  — Dallas News, 12 Dec. 2022
• Among them was one of the group’s active members, Jonathan Duncan, the only member of the council who has taken a public stance in opposition to the tax.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• Only about one-third were voting in opposition to Trump.
  — Josh Boak and Linley Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
• The restrictions were in response to massive protests that swept across Hong Kong in 2019 in opposition to human rights crackdowns.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 26 Mar. 2023
• In the weeks since, dozens of residents have attended City Council meetings to speak in opposition to the billboards.
  — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
• Democrats spoke in opposition to Paschal’s bill, which the House eventually set aside without taking a vote.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Since his time in L.A., if not before, Harris had defined himself in opposition to those around him—or, at least, those with power.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• However, when the whole House votes, just a few votes in opposition to a candidate from their own party could cost them the speakership.
  — Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• The city must respond to each comment raised in opposition to the DEIR, which has the potential to prolong the certification process.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 Nov. 2022
• Democrats who spoke in opposition to the bill on Thursday pointed to a rise in child labor violations that already exist in the state.
  — Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• West Virginia broke away from Virginia during the Civil War, in part in opposition to slavery.
  — Abhinav S. Krishnan, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• Many attendees spoke in opposition to having the shelter beds in the city, making the scene similar to a meeting last year in Lakeside.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• The pardon comes as Texas has been in the midst of another round of public protests, this time on college campuses in opposition to Israel’s actions in the Gaza war.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• This week’s elections are taking place more than a year after mass protests rocked the country in 2022, in opposition to the hijab law and other social issues.
  — Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024
• The think tank, which was founded in 1973, formed in opposition to Richard Nixon’s and Gerald Ford’s administrations.
  — E.j. Fagan, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
• Since 2013, proposed aid-in-dying bills have brought hundreds to the State Capitol to testify in favor of or in opposition to the proposal.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2024
• Many public figures have come out in opposition to the Court’s ruling, including Charles Barkley, 60.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 4 July 2023
• Panetta has come out in opposition to Hegseth's position on women in combat roles.
  — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024