opposing

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Campaigners opposing Gatwick Airport expansion have lost two High Court challenges against the government but have said they will consider an appeal.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

In the late 1970s, the average voter in each party was more or less neutral toward the opposing party, with scores hovering just below 50 degrees.

From Salon • Jun. 21, 2026

Union De Vecinos has organized a petition opposing the BID that organizers said has garnered more than 300 signatures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

Judge Linda Kevins of New York State's Supreme Court warned in a January ruling that such blunders wasted the time and money of both the opposing party and the court.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

The Aristotelian view of physics, as wrong as it was, was so influential that for more than a millennium it eclipsed all opposing views, including more realistic ones.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife