Sentence examples for supported opponents of from inspiring English sources

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

President Xi Jinping, who supported opponents of apartheid throughout the cold war, praised Mandela's victory in the struggle and his contribution to "the cause of human progress".

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.

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

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

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

And instead of intervening militarily to support opponents of Mr. Assad, Mr. Obama is mounting airstrikes to defend Kurds, Yazidis and Turkmen in Syria and Iraq from the Islamic State.

Iranian media related to the government have called the Nobel Peace Prize a Western political tool that supports opponents of the Islamic republic.

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.