on both sides
idiom
—used to refer to the people who support a position together with the people who support the opposing position
People on both sides of the dispute agree that changes are necessary.
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But there remains an ugliness inseparable from all neo-fascist movements on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 12 June 2024
According to local reports, an unoccupied Waymo vehicle was driving to a passenger pickup location through an alley that was lined on both sides by wooden telephone poles.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 June 2024
Those on both sides of the ideological divide agree on one thing: The changes amount to some of the most significant regulatory revisions since the campaign finance law, the McCain-Feingold Act, was put in place two decades ago.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Amal Clooney was among a group of U.K.-based international law experts who gave their unanimous approval to Khan to seek the arrests warrants for leaders on both sides.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
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Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 12 June 2024
According to local reports, an unoccupied Waymo vehicle was driving to a passenger pickup location through an alley that was lined on both sides by wooden telephone poles.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 12 June 2024
Those on both sides of the ideological divide agree on one thing: The changes amount to some of the most significant regulatory revisions since the campaign finance law, the McCain-Feingold Act, was put in place two decades ago.
—Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Amal Clooney was among a group of U.K.-based international law experts who gave their unanimous approval to Khan to seek the arrests warrants for leaders on both sides.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
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