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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From her place in hiding, their leader María Corina Machado has kept the opposition movement alive.
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Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In another example, from the 3-1 defeat of visitors Southampton a month later, Christian Eriksen is unmarked in midfield as the opposition players are focusing on stopping Antony and Amad.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Despite the opposition, the committee voted 10 to 5 to advance the legislation.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
But this approach would have also had domestic political repercussions, with influential political and media figures as well as the opposition accusing the government of weakness—and thereby casting India in a poor light not befitting its desire to be a pole in a multipolar world.
—Happymon Jacob, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In another example, from the 3-1 defeat of visitors Southampton a month later, Christian Eriksen is unmarked in midfield as the opposition players are focusing on stopping Antony and Amad.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Despite the opposition, the committee voted 10 to 5 to advance the legislation.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
But this approach would have also had domestic political repercussions, with influential political and media figures as well as the opposition accusing the government of weakness—and thereby casting India in a poor light not befitting its desire to be a pole in a multipolar world.
—Happymon Jacob, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
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“The opposition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20opposition. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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