Sentence examples similar to competed in opposition from inspiring English sources
James Brooke (NYT) TRINIDAD: DIVISIVE ELECTION -- A governing party dominated by people of East Indian descent and a largely black opposition party competed in an election that has bared racial divisions.
In Tunisia and Egypt opposition groups had competed in rigged competitions; their respective armies also behaved differently.
This weakens the opposition, which hitherto has competed in blocs.
They competed in the Champions League last season but have lost their four European matches against English opposition by an aggregate score of 14-1.
Both competed in drag racing.
After Jon M. Huntsman Jr., a former Utah governor, announced in June that he would not compete in Iowa, saying his ethanol opposition meant he could never do well there, a survey by the Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer suggested that he might have given up too soon.
The boys' golfers competing in the CIF Southern Section Northern Individual Regional faced tall opposition Monday in the form of Las Posas Country Club course in Camarillo.
A potential contradiction implies that the competing demands are in opposition to one another (Smith and Lewis 2011) and hence engaging both might seem irrational or illogical.
Mr. Ivanishvili tapped his fortune to make a forceful entry into politics last year, creating Georgian Dream, an alliance of minor opposition parties, to compete in parliamentary elections with the main goal of dislodging Mr. Saakashvili.
In Côte d'Ivoire, successive leaders have fought for years to disqualify Alassane Ouattara, a popular northern opposition figure, from competing in elections based on the charge that he is a foreigner.
