have against
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Transgender people have said the ruling may erode the protections they have against discrimination in their reassigned gender - protections the judges said they had under other parts of the Equality Act.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
This doesn’t guarantee a home won’t burn, but it offers the best defense a homeowner may have against embers headed their way.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2025
And the one thing the challenger will have in that race that Templeton didn’t have against Mace?
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2024
But it is unclear what evidence the feds have against Combs and whether there is enough to bring charges.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2024
I wish I could see him only once to know what I have against me.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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