the opposition
noun
: a person or group that someone is trying to defeat or succeed against : a person or group that someone is competing with
The coach advised her team not to underestimate the opposition.
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Anutin, 59, secured 293 votes in the 500-member lower house, while his challenger, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, a candidate from the opposition People’s Party, received 119 votes.
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Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Bloomberg, 19 Mar. 2026
Five years after the mass demonstrations, Lukashenko won a seventh term last year in an election that the opposition called a farce.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
In our gerrymandered state, the opposition party will not have fielded a competitive candidate.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
The United States should declare its commitment to Iran’s territorial integrity while arming the opposition—not only among Kurdish, Baluchi, and Arab minorities in the periphery, where local resistance could tie down security forces, but also among Persians in major cities.
—Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Bloomberg, 19 Mar. 2026
Five years after the mass demonstrations, Lukashenko won a seventh term last year in an election that the opposition called a farce.
—ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
In our gerrymandered state, the opposition party will not have fielded a competitive candidate.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
The United States should declare its commitment to Iran’s territorial integrity while arming the opposition—not only among Kurdish, Baluchi, and Arab minorities in the periphery, where local resistance could tie down security forces, but also among Persians in major cities.
—Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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“The opposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opposition. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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