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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When his first pass into midfield went straight to the opposition, the groans screamed ‘told you so’.
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
In the back sat 14 prisoners, including one of the regime’s most valuable: Sergei Tikhanovsky, the opposition leader who had tried to run against Lukashenko in the presidential elections of 2020 and was imprisoned two days into his campaign.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Outside Iran, the opposition can seem bitterly divided, with some parts of the diaspora embracing Pahlavi’s leadership and others in disarray.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2025
But through meticulous preparation, improvisation and long hours at the office, Black found holes in the opposition’s cases and proceeded to stretch them open, a Miami Herald reporter wrote in a 1999 profile.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2025
In the back sat 14 prisoners, including one of the regime’s most valuable: Sergei Tikhanovsky, the opposition leader who had tried to run against Lukashenko in the presidential elections of 2020 and was imprisoned two days into his campaign.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Outside Iran, the opposition can seem bitterly divided, with some parts of the diaspora embracing Pahlavi’s leadership and others in disarray.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2025
But through meticulous preparation, improvisation and long hours at the office, Black found holes in the opposition’s cases and proceeded to stretch them open, a Miami Herald reporter wrote in a 1999 profile.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 22 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the opposition
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“The opposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opposition. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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