"opponent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Will long-time opponents of the budget-balancing law, such as Mr. Gray, finally agree to the mechanism because they see no other hope of breaking the deadlock over priorities?
- He have been criticized for making friendly relations with Cuba, which is a long-time opponent of the United States.
- Its first Chairman was Professor Phillip V. Tobias, the noted paleoanthropologist and long-time opponent of apartheid.
- Filmon was a long-time opponent of the accord, and was a fairly tepid supporter even after the renegotiated compromise was reached.
- A long-time opponent of abortion, Mr. Dole insisted he was not in retreat or seeking compromise - he just wanted civility.
- A long-time opponent of the EU's constitution and monetary union, he was the Europe correspondent in Brussels for the Telegraph from 1999 to 2004.
- He was a long-time opponent of the Columbia River Treaty with the United States.
- One of his long-time opponents was the anthropologist Franz Boas.
- Prior to his appointment, Otto had been a long-time opponent of Henry II's expanding influence in Swabia.
- He was a long-time opponent of the Teutonic Knights, and shortly after his death it was rumored that he had been poisoned by them.
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