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as in opposed
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Recent Examples of against
ABC News,
5 July 2026
The Royals had just four hits against Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo, who carved up the hosts’ starting lineup.
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Kansas City Star,
5 July 2026
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Many of these are responses to the above points on the ‘against’ side, and some of them are proposals for directions to explore to help overcome the issues raised.
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IEEE Spectrum,
28 May 2024
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Preposition
Prosecutors will lay out their evidence against Tyler Robinson in a five-day preliminary hearing.
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ABC News,
5 July 2026
The Royals had just four hits against Phillies starter Jesus Luzardo, who carved up the hosts’ starting lineup.
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Kansas City Star,
5 July 2026
Adjective
The hardworking, hard-to-play-against, honest types that get after it for your team or make life difficult on the opposing team with their persistence or heaviness.
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Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Many of these are responses to the above points on the ‘against’ side, and some of them are proposals for directions to explore to help overcome the issues raised.
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IEEE Spectrum,
28 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for against
Preposition
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Before the World Cup, Dioz provided employee uniforms for events including Super Bowl LIX and Copa America, which may have given it a leg up on the FIFA contact.
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Fox News Digital has reached out to the University of Minnesota research team for comment on the matter.
Adjective
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The seemingly militaristic act of archery and peaceful meditation may seem diametrically opposed.
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Drawing on an astonishing wealth of references to the metaphor of two ships by figures from the early colonial era through the Civil War, Reynolds lops off the Quakers and the Scotch-Irish in favor of the groups that came first and seemed most antithetically opposed—Puritan and Cavalier.
Preposition
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An increase has not been formally agreed upon and is still under evaluation, officials said.
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Since Köhler's early work, researchers have conducted similar experiments involving an out-of-reach reward and an object to stand upon in birds and elephants.
Adjective
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The cops posted outside of the nearby Swarovski and PINK stores are similarly unwilling to entertain my interrogations.
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Going-to-the-Sun Road, which connects the eastern and western halves of the park, makes the area accessible for those unwilling or unable to explore the backcountry on foot.
Adjective
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Other solutions are new to the industry, which is notoriously risk averse, so adoption of new processes and products is challenging and slow.
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The disorienting change will be tricky to implement in a way that appeals to risk-averse US financial institutions and other firms, according to former Treasury officials, sanctions attorneys and industry sources monitoring the process.
Adjective
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The dimension that does the most good is the one leaders are most reluctant to give, because choice costs authority while enjoyment costs only money.
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Last week, sources told THR that studios were reluctant to pick up the film for a variety of reasons, including political concerns.
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“Against.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/against. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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