Example Sentences

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"All of these incinerators have communities locally who are opposing them."

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2025

Most major airlines and chambers of commerce near the state’s largest airports are opposing the measure.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

The two factors "are opposing but roughly comparable," meaning they cancel each other out, the researchers say.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

The company doesn’t want to do the recall, and several automakers are opposing it.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2024

In every function of the body there are opposing groups of forces; for every dilator there is a contractor, for every accelerator of action there is inhibition.

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham