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How to use the word OPPOSITION in a Sentence?

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Mr. Poilievre doesn’t get an election just because he has a slogan that rhymes. [referring to Leader of the Opposition, Pierre Poilievre’s slogan “Axe the taxe”]

– Elizabeth Evans May

added by Greying_Geezer
2 months ago

Procedure is the bone structure of a democratic society. Our scheme of law affords great latitude for dissent and opposition. It compels wide tolerance not only for their expression but also for the organization of people and forces to bring about the acceptance of the dissenter’s claim.... We have alternatives to violence.

– Abe Fortas

added by Normando
4 months ago

The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness associated with principles of individual freedom and private property, he immediately rises in opposition to his government.

– Jacob G. Hornberger

added by Normando
1 year ago

Yeah, and I can speak from immediate firsthand experience, that is very much in vogue now in the federal government to characterize opposition to same sex marriage and related issues as irrational prejudice at best and a potential hate crime at worse.

– Matthew Kacsmaryk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think the president’s done a fantastic job. The amount of accomplishments is simply breathtaking, i don’t see a singular issue galvanizing opposition to him.

– Ray Buckley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A United States high-speed rail network is a pipe dream, a lack of political support and federal financial support combined with the kind of fierce landowner opposition that CHSR has faced in California means that the challenges for new high-speed projects are enormous.

– United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In some cases, it may spur opposition or even litigation, instead, let us accelerate our discussions in the basin for a collaborative consensus-based outcome.

– Tom Buschatzke

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You don’t have to oppose this government. This government is an opposition in itself.

– Jair Bolsonaro

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No pensions reform has made the French happy, each time there is opposition from public opinion, then little by little the project passes and basically, public opinion is resigned to it.

– Pascal Perrineau

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Each time there is opposition from public opinion, then little by little the project passes and basically, public opinion is resigned to it.

– Pascal Perrineau

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In the past three months, there has been an increasing number of civilians killed. The number of mass killings committed by the military has increased and… the military has been using more forms of violence against the people, the casualties in this massacre… it’s very clear that they are civilians (and) not involved in any kind of opposition movement against the military.

– Aung Myo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The magnitude of Turkey’s social earthquake is much greater than that of the tectonic one, there is a tug of war between the government and the opposition, and it seems that the winner is going to be unknown until the very end of the elections.

– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you want to heal our land and unite our country together, you do n’t do it by appealing to the angry mob, wherever you’re looking at the leader of our country, you do n’t want him to be engaged in a personal vendetta. And when he talks about vengeance, he’s talking about his personal vendettas, and that’s not healthy for America. It’s certainly not healthy for our party. ’ Larry Hogan, former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, however, announced on Sunday that Larry Hogan would pass on the 2024 race to avoid splintering the opposition to the ex-president.

– Asa Hutchinson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Larry Hogan is a star. He’s governed well in Maryland, elected in a blue state. I think the fact that he indicates that he’s going to continue to fight in the Republican Party for alternatives to Donald Trump and a new direction is a good sign, i actually think more voices right now in opposition or providing an alternative to Donald Trump is the best thing in the right direction. So, hats off to Larry for what he’s done, what he’s contributed. And I’m glad that he will continue to do so.

– Asa Hutchinson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We should be concerned in any country where you see an incumbent president shaking up the electoral administration, while there’s really no force left standing in opposition to push back.

– Will Freeman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

She was the talking head of the opposition and they needed to remove her from power.

– Jeremy Bertino

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The fact that this train did not qualify under current law requiring the railroad company to make that notification is just absurd. this is more than a train derailment or a toxic waste spill – it’s years of opposition to safety measures coming home to roost.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Substantially all of Cambodia’s media is now government controlled, it also occurs in the context of [the] ongoing wrongful imprisonment of opposition supporters and routine intimidation of those who continue to operate.

– Sam Rainsy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is likely to be less international assistance provided to opposition areas because that is additionally complicated, it’s not an area controlled by a sovereign government and makes it difficult for aid operators.

– Charles Lister

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I can’t say thank you enough, all of us who don’t want this country to go backwards, banning books in a country all about diversity, every parent, celebrity, and person who is an advocate of literacy and truth and real American history needs to speak out so our voices remain louder than the opposition.

– Derrick Barnes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is a process of removing them. By shutting down political parties, shutting down trade unions, they are shutting down the basis of the support for organized opposition.

– John Burns

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Second Amendment is becoming a suicide pact, i have no ideological opposition with someone reasonably and responsibly owning firearms and getting background checks and being trained and making sure they’re locked so their kid doesn’t accidentally shoot themselves or a loved one.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have no ideological opposition with someone reasonably and responsibly owning firearms and getting background checks and being trained and making sure they’re locked so their kid doesn’t accidentally shoot themselves or a loved one.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Once again, woke progressives like Rep. Porter are happy to receive government-funded salaries, benefits, and now subsidized housing for themselves, while driving our economy into the gutter and doing everything possible to squelch opposition, porter should pay her fair share like everyone else.

– Dan Backer

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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