Sentence examples for sole opponent from inspiring English sources

But the Wisconsin Democrat was never more alone than on Oct. 11, 2001, when he was the sole opponent to the Patriot Act antiterror law pushed through on a 96-1 vote in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks.

The rebukes reflected the mounting international frustration over Mr. Mugabe's insistence in going ahead with the runoff on Friday, even though his sole opponent, Morgan Tsvangirai, pulled out of the race on Sunday.

Findlay goes so far as to refer to the Aon, using greyhound parlance, as a "bye course" – a race in which a single dog chases the hare, his sole opponent ­having been withdrawn.

In a quarterfinal match Wednesday in Foxboro, Mass., the United States will face its nemesis, Norway, the sole opponent with a winning record against the United States (18-16-2), and every bit its equal in ravenous appetite for victory.

Blatter is bidding for a fifth term as Fifa president against his sole opponent Prince Ali bin al-Hussein, but the Swiss has been urged to resign after a long-term corruption investigation led to 14 arrests of current and former Fifa members on Wednesday.

India is historically a poor team on the road, but expectations are higher now that the team has spent time as No. 1 and was also the sole opponent to consistently trouble Australia during its period of domination between the mid-1990s and late 2000s.

Perhaps the most outlandish falsehood in "Courting Disaster" is Thiessen's portrayal of Obama and the Democrats as the sole opponents of brutal interrogation tactics.

At its core is the old Progressive Party, whose leonine survivor, Helen Suzman, was for years the sole liberal opponent of government in the all-white apartheid-era Parliament.

As Mr. Franks began his campaign, with much of the Republican power structure falling in place behind him, his sole primary opponent, Mayor Bret D. Schundler of Jersey City, filed suit to block him from entering the race, claiming that the new state law that allowed Mr. Franks to do so was an unconstitutional affront to the democratic process.

The elimination race, though, was a Trott masterclass: she stayed out of danger by leading much of the way, then surprised D'Hoore on the final lap, swooping inside her sole remaining opponent and leaving her with far too much to do.

Tickle the soles of the opponent's two feet with your free hand.