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Recent Examples of opportunism
But Wednesday’s military parade, the largest ever held by China, also shows that whatever the emerging world order is, it is governed by harsh realism, self-interest, and opportunism.
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Kerry Brown, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
These assertions go beyond guile, opportunism, cruelty, despair, or self-preservation.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
And not every outside proposal is fast-money opportunism dressed up as reform.
—Marc Cooper, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Friendly Quebecois furnished the soldiers with lodging and oxen, though whether this hospitality was the result of opportunism, genuine support for the invasion or fear of the armed men is unclear.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
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Kerry Brown, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
These assertions go beyond guile, opportunism, cruelty, despair, or self-preservation.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
And not every outside proposal is fast-money opportunism dressed up as reform.
—Marc Cooper, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Friendly Quebecois furnished the soldiers with lodging and oxen, though whether this hospitality was the result of opportunism, genuine support for the invasion or fear of the armed men is unclear.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opportunism
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Although the balloon incident has not been directly linked to Moscow, Lithuania's border closures add to tensions spiked by accusations of Russian incursions into NATO airspace amid Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Because taking league matches to America, Australia, Saudi Arabia or anywhere else would be an act of aggression.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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Depending on the team’s competitiveness, between 600,000 and one million Canadians watch Blue Jays games nightly.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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Throughout our search, Tony's leadership, competitiveness, and commitment to developing players stood out.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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There’s a pretentiousness that begins to show itself as folks get more comfortable.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
20 Oct. 2025
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Coleman found no pretentiousness in Trafford, and he was not perturbed by the drop in facilities compared to the Etihad Campus.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
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Modi is as nationalistic as Xi, and is no doubt irritated at the confidence and pushiness of its great eastern neighbor.—
Kerry Brown,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Diplomacy, Tact & Emotional Intelligence, where leaders need to navigate the complex dynamics (both on the individual and organizational levels) which are involved in shifting from competition to collaboration—balancing assertiveness with empathy and care.—
Edyta Pacuk,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Living with Israel’s military assertiveness Israel, the unquestioned military power and sole nuclear weapons state in the region, has long posed particularly deep political dilemmas to Gulf Arab states.—
David Mednicoff,
The Conversation,
9 Sep. 2025
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Deep accuracy was Maye’s calling card in college, where his creativity and daring cut both ways.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
14 Oct. 2025
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Now, the filmmaker’s latest effort shows characteristic daring in its detachment.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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The motivation appears to be part national defense (deterring China) and part branding exercise.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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The players’ motivation in this match is different.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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Some in the organization have voiced the opinion that the Padres need to have more of a collective killer instinct and that getting more consistency out of some star players could help achieve that.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025
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Michael Jordan is one of the greatest ever to pick up a basketball, given his illustrious resume, but another major facet that has added to the lore surrounding him is his killer instinct and competitive nature.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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