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Example sentences for: opposing

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And the West benefited from the appointment of Gorbachev, an incompetent but good-natured fellow who played his part as the opposing team's quarterback who kept throwing interceptions.
It is the left that props up our loophole-ridden tax system by opposing reforms, such as the flat tax, that are based on treating all Americans equally.
Three Kings is not the first anti-war movie in which opposing soldiers have recognized themselves in one another before pulling the trigger, but it might be the first to make the point in a way that has nothing to do with liberal humanism.
Teachers have been made scapegoats for many social ills; it would be a service to acknowledge their occasional courage and virtue in opposing the flatheads of the world, rather than lumping them in with the fools.
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