as in resisting
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as in resisted
to refuse to give in to
I will continue to oppose any attempts to infringe upon our civil liberties
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as in fought
to strive to reduce or eliminate
we must oppose ignorance and prejudice wherever and whenever they arise
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Recent Examples of opposed
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
17 June 2026
Those opposed belonged to the Social Democratic Party, the Greens, and the Left Alliance.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2026
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2026
Democrats have largely opposed the president's deployment to the city.
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Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
26 June 2026
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Adjective
The thing most people don’t realize is that Anthropic isn’t fundamentally opposed to the current administration’s economic goals.
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Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
17 June 2026
Those opposed belonged to the Social Democratic Party, the Greens, and the Left Alliance.
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Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2026
Verb
The Motion Picture Association, which includes Netflix, Disney, Amazon Prime Video, and Paramount, and the Streaming Innovation Alliance, which includes Netflix, Disney, Peacock, and Pluto TV, opposed the bill.
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Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
26 June 2026
Democrats have largely opposed the president's deployment to the city.
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Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opposed
Adjective
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There’s likely to be grasping, resisting, skillful and futile efforts to swim and worry about what’s up ahead.
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Hibon says the filmmakers deliberately resisted recreating the look of the old cartoon.
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Europe has long resisted air conditioning as noisy, an eyesore on architectural facades and unnecessary, as brutal summer heat has been relatively short-lived.
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As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her.
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While the Civil War was fought far from Pittsburgh's streets, its impact can still be found here today — in the graves of arsenal workers, in the medals of hometown heroes, and in the stories preserved for future generations.
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The voter response to Measure A should send a strong contrary message.
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Still, this is a contrary call.
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Television footage showed black smoke billowing out of windows on the fourth floor, as firefighters combated the fire at the scene.
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That will surely improve with time, but for now, KAT and the Knicks have recognized it and combated it appropriately.
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In pharmacogenomics, understanding how genes affect drug efficacy helps doctors prescribe the right drug at the optimal dose while reducing adverse reactions.
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Johnson was undone by revelations of his conduct during Covid lockdowns and Truss by the adverse market reaction to her 2022 mini-Budget.
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Rey exploded on Ethan with 10-count punches, but a tilt-a-whirl was countered by Page with a sitout faceplant.
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Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan will forever be known as the creator of the Lilith Fair, a groundbreaking late-1990s tour that directly countered the testosterone-laden festivals of that era like Ozzfest and Lollapalooza.
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Pulling off all the ambiguity and conflicting emotions can’t have been easy.
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Trump also frequently offered conflicting statements about the war itself.
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“Opposed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opposed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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