Sentence examples for supported opponents from inspiring English sources

General Andrés de Santa Cruz, who had established a confederation of Peru and Bolivia, supported opponents of Rosas in Argentina.

The super PAC, which has spent nearly $500,000 of the $1.8 million it has raised this cycle, has also supported opponents of Democrats like Representatives Jesse L. Jackson Jr. of Illinois and Silvestre Reyes of Texas.

Clinton and her husband have a reputation in Washington for having a notoriously long memory, especially when it comes to advisers and lawmakers that supported opponents.

However, Tan's loyalty still lay with his motherland and he ardently supported opponents of the Qing rulers during the Xinhai Revolution.

Rather, as ravens supported those who supported them, preened them and kin, it appears that for ravens, it is not the identity of the target, but the identity of the supported opponent and the relationship between the supporter and the recipient of support that are critical in predicting the occurrence of agonistic support.

She also said the United States would continue supporting opponents of Mr. Assad, although it is not supplying them with weapons.

But with many Democrats now supporting reforms that make teachers wary, some Democrats suspect that some unions are supporting opponents as a form of punishment.

The European Union's member states are themselves divided about how far to go in supporting opponents of Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president.

Had Obama signaled his strong support for that regulation in advance of the election, no doubt many more millions of dollars would have entered the race to support opponents of the president's agenda.

(NYT) NEW JERSEY RAMSEY: DIFRANCESCO OPPOSES PLANTS -- Acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco is supporting opponents of two proposed gas-powered electric generating plants that would be built just north of Mahwah in New York State.

Not Congress; ignoring Senator John McCain's warnings, it has been rolling over regularly, giving the broadcasting and cable lobbies all they demand (except when they disagree) lest local stations support opponents of elected officials.