have against
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Transgender people have warned the case could erode the protections they have against discrimination in their reassigned gender.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
“We’ve got to be the team that’s coming in and wanting to show something. That’s the attitude that we’ve got to have against those guys, because they’ve done it before.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 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
Displaying a sense of humor about one’s charmed life has emerged as the last, best defense people like Johnson have against the charge of inheriting success as a birthright.
From Slate • Jan. 30, 2024
“Why not go from door to door making enquiries? I might have done it myself. You appear to have no more proof against de Winter there than you would have against me.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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