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Recent Examples of against
Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
The last fair-catch kick attempt was in 2019, when Carolina Panthers kicker Joey Slye attempted a 60-yarder against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Its value doesn’t fluctuate wildly against consumer goods day-to-day, and it’s universally accepted.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
With such subjective standards, noise-code violations are often enforced with bias, disproportionately filed against Black Americans and people of color.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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But while his bill requires school children to be taught safe storage concepts, Todd has repeatedly voted against any requirement for adult gun owners to store their guns safely ― or even learn principals of safe storage.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
The last fair-catch kick attempt was in 2019, when Carolina Panthers kicker Joey Slye attempted a 60-yarder against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Its value doesn’t fluctuate wildly against consumer goods day-to-day, and it’s universally accepted.
—Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
With such subjective standards, noise-code violations are often enforced with bias, disproportionately filed against Black Americans and people of color.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for against
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Not based on a comparison of his statistics with this two historically talented players.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The Buckeyes’ set themselves up for a rematch with Oregon in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day.Tom Layberger, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Trump is opposed to the continuing resolution put forward by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, according to a source familiar with the president-elect’s thinking, who was granted anonymity to describe private conversations.Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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Trump is now opposed to banning TikTok on national security grounds, a reversal from 2020.Joe Walsh, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The directive sets a maximum payment term of 30 days for public authorities and 60 days for business-to-business (B2B) transactions, except where longer terms are expressly agreed upon and are not considered grossly unfair.Aleksandra Bal, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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And then, on this trip in the last several days, living in the shadow of this larger-than-life character and feeling constantly put upon and shamed by him and embarrassed by him.Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Teams unwilling to meet the asking price for free agents could consider a player like Arraez or Cronenworth a desirable alternative.Newsweek, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The pair struggled repeatedly when pressed by more energetic young opponents, but Guardiola felt unable or unwilling to try an alternative.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Quinine, which is safe for rat consumption, was chosen to mimic the kind of averse cues, or unpleasant associations, that first-time drug users can experience.New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2024
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In finance, when a market crash occurs, investors become structurally risk averse, run for safe assets and generally retract positions.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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And the Giants have already signed free agent infielder Willy Adames and locked up third baseman Matt Chapman with a six-year, $151 million contract, so may be reluctant to meet Burnes' asking price.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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The question is whether that is an achievable task in January, an awkward market in which many clubs are reluctant to sell and some players are cautious about moving.James McNicholas, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Against.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/against. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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