Example Sentences

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They were objecting to a major overhaul of farm subsidies, branded "unworkable" by unions.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Jason Sheffield, an attorney for Travis McMichael, said he was not surprised media outlets were objecting.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2021

The Japanese people, Professor Nakano said, believe that the Games would be reconsidered more seriously if the host city were London or Paris and the local residents were objecting as strenuously.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021

“We thought it was a banzai attack but parrots had moved in on us. They were objecting to us being there. There were hundreds of them.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2020

The Manitoba Government now prepared a new bill, but did not remove the features to which the farmers were objecting.

From Deep Furrows by Moorhouse, Hopkins