"opponent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Ballard was a virulent opponent of the WHA; he never forgave the upstart league for nearly decimating the Leafs' roster in the early 1970s.
- Even Athanasius, the virulent opponent of Constantius II's Arianism had conceded this to the emperor he regarded as a heretic.
- For daring to defend the brothers, Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis (a virulent opponent of labor unions) attacked Scott in the paper's pages for the next several years.
- Wang, vice-president since 1988, was a vehement and unrelenting critic of China's intellectuals and a virulent opponent of western ideas.
- Few would dispute the basic accuracy of the film: even his most virulent opponents give the president credit for adapting to the unimaginable attack with speed and resolve.
- Umar ibn al-Khattab had been a virulent opponent of Muhammad; he had been devoted to the old paganism and ready to assassinate the Prophet.
- Nigeria, for example, once among Colonel Qaddafi's most virulent opponents in black Africa, is deeply embroiled in Liberia's civil war.
- Throughout its existence, Contimporanul was a virulent opponent of Gândirea; thus, it kept a more reserved attitude toward Expressionism (which was promoted by the latter).
- Representative Bowers was an explicitly virulent opponent of equality for Negroes (African-Americans).
- Newspaper publisher Older, formerly Ruef's most virulent opponent, became convinced that anti-semitism may have played a role in who was punished and who was not.
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