Sentence examples for right opposed from inspiring English sources

The antiwar left and realpolitik right opposed these "CNN wars," while the Wilsonian moralists of left and right championed them.

The governor has also proposed a public matching funds program for state campaigns that he said would reduce the influence of big donors; critics on the left, however, said he had not seriously pressed the measure, while critics on the right opposed the use of matching funds for that purpose.

But both left and right oppose the idea.

Populism usually combines elements of the left and the right, opposing large business and financial interests but also frequently being hostile to established socialist and labour parties.

His son, former president George HW Bush, moved to Texas and to the right, opposing the Voting Rights Act and supporting Barry Goldwater in 1964.

The religious and political right oppose Dr. Elders' continuing efforts to alert teenagers and even children to the perils of parenting at too young an age.

But the ferocity with which the right opposes any policy to limit greenhouse gases, even the nearly empty Bush plan, goes beyond general anti-environmentalism.

In fact, there is only one: the left supports the redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor while the right opposes it.

Mr. Landau and others on the political right oppose giving up any part of Israel's claimed sovereignty over greater Jerusalem.

Yes, the right opposes abortion, but guess what?

Many on the political right oppose Obama's plan, with some calling for a pause on the admittance of any Syrian refugees.