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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oppugn
Verb
  • But over the past few years, conservatives have used the committee as a personal tool to subvert and challenge GOP leaders.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Foreign-aid organizations challenged the administration's ability to refuse to spend funds already allocated by Congress.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The takeover remains widely unpopular among Washington residents – some 80% oppose it, according to a Washington Post poll.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Charles and Harry’s meeting aside, Prince William wasn’t the only one reportedly opposed to reconciliation.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Comer has questioned the former president’s use of the autopen for pardons and executive orders and whether his aides covered up his cognitive decline.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Attorneys will question three sets of 60 people to settle on twelve jurors and four alternates.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How do Flock cameras help fight crime?
    Jennifer Jolly, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • These medications can lower the number of neutrophils, a type of white blood cell that helps fight bacterial infections.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In recent years, as Bolsonaro and his allies engineered a pervasive campaign of false claims on the Brazilian internet, de Moraes led an effort to combat disinformation.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Over the past two years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shifted its focus to combating specific practices within surveillance advertising, particularly those involving sensitive data, lack of consent or deceptive and unfair practices.
    Jodi Daniels, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Oppugn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppugn. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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