Sentence examples for opponent mounted from inspiring English sources

And Viktor Yanukovich was elected president of Ukraine, though Yulia Tymoshenko, his opponent, mounted a brief challenge to the result in court.Poland's president, Lech Kaczynski, was killed in a plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, along with the head of Poland's central bank, senior diplomats and military leaders.

Ukip has suspended its Freephone number after opponents mounted a campaign of calls to push up the party's costs.

Mr. Fleischmann's top opponents mounted a strong, well-financed fight for the Third District, an eastern area of the state that includes Chattanooga.

With President Obama close to the two-thirds majority he needs to approve the treaty before a new Senate takes office in January with five more Republicans, opponents mounted a withering attack on the treaty on the Senate floor even as they sought to slow down debate and possibly delay a vote until next year.

But on the edge of Lake Michigan this weekend, death penalty opponents mounted a public relations counterattack, bringing together for the first time 28 of the 73 men and 2 women who have been released from death rows across the country since 1972, usually after many years on the edge of extinction for crimes they did not commit.

A poll in late March found that 68% of likely voters supported the measure, but that was before tobacco companies and other opponents mounted a vigorous campaign against it.

Corbyn lost a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, as Labour Party opponents mounted an effort to oust him from the party's top job. .

Miller has one save and has generally been the first line of defense when opponents mount a rally.

Nor is it enough to reach the 60 votes needed to end debate on the issue if opponents mount a filibuster.

With Mr. Graham scheduled to die next Thursday and death penalty opponents mounting an all-out effort to stop his execution, Ms. Skillern testified again today, this time in the court of public opinion.

"Every year our opponents mount major publicity campaigns to tell people not to eat horse".