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Recent Examples of opponent Their opponent will be the winner Friday night of the Texas-Ohio State semifinal in the Cotton Bowl. Eddie Pells, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025 The teams’ defenses kept their opponents in check through the first quarter and a half. Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025 Thoughts now turn to Trudeau’s successor, with Conservative opponent Pierre Poilievre the favorite, although general elections won’t take place for some time. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025 Alex Brandon/Bloomberg via Getty Images The five presidents of different parties, some of whom have been political opponents last gathered for the funeral of George H.W. Bush in December 2018. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for opponent 
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Noun
  • The title is known for being a time-consuming game that requires hours of grinding to level up one's character to defeat foes.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The mythology surrounding James himself likewise had many authors, all converging toward portraying him as a dashing foe of the bankers and railroad barons who had come to represent the inequities of America’s Gilded Age.
    Joshua Hunt, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The system is often the enemy in Eastwood’s movies.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Historically the enemies of Christian America were secular humanists, feminists and then more recently Democrats and the woke.
    John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • What To Know Fico this week faced sharp criticism from his political rival Michal Šimečka over a trip to Moscow on December 22 to meet Putin.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • But Hamas’ main rival, the Palestinian Authority, has little credibility among Gaza’s residents.
    Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The task facing Americans, allies, and even foreign adversaries is to ensure that the promise of Trump’s second term prevails over its peril.
    Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Many of these countries already face US sanctions because they have been deemed US adversaries or have militias that the US has labeled terrorist groups.
    Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Opponent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opponent. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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