Sentence examples for at opponent from inspiring English sources

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Neymar was given a four-match suspension after being sent off after the final whistle in their fiery 1-0 group-stage defeat by Colombia at June's Copa America for kicking the ball at opponent Pablo Armero.

Former Bogota, N.J., Mayor Steve Lonegan's campaign team tried to pull back a racially charged tweet this week aimed at opponent Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Politico reports.

McGregor was fined $150,000 two years ago by Nevada for throwing loaded beverage cans at opponent Nate Diaz at a news conference.

He received the first red card of his career in Preston's 4 1 defeat away at Coventry City on 17 March 2004 after he was judged to have kicked out at opponent player Calum Davenport, although both managers later admitted David Healy was the culprit.

The striker issued an apology for spitting at opponent Jonny Evans, a player who himself appeared to have initially spat at Cisse after the two had tangled in the kind of niggly off-the-ball bullshit that strikers and defenders engage in all the time.

But McGregor's volatile past — throwing Monster energy drink cans at opponent Nate Diaz and his contingent at a 2016 news conference and throwing a hand truck at a bus occupied by Nurmagomedov and other UFC fighters in Brooklyn in April — could factor into a stiffer punishment.

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Swipes at opponents, if any, are veiled.

Throwing splintered bats at opponents isn't part of this.

It grins at opponents, sneers at fans and often settles into a confident smirk.

For most of the final minute, Parise played one point, throwing himself at opponents and shots.

They dived at opponents' legs and corralled them with their arms.

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