Opposition in example sentence

After Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan in 1949 to form the Republic of China in opposition to Mao's People's Republic, he sought to maintain his dictatorial regime but was made to recognize the importance of building Taiwan's economy so as to strengthen the island.

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But what my research has shown me is that experts tend on the whole to form very rigid camps, that within these camps, a dominant perspective emerges that often silences opposition, that experts move with the prevailing winds, often hero-worshipping their own gurus.

In my opinion, these people are much more wiser than, not only the political elite, even the intellectual elite, even opposition leaders including political parties.

We should not get distracted by resistance and opposition, but this should motivate us further.

And a couple of weeks later when Zacarias Moussaoui was indicted on six counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism, and the U.S. government called for a death penalty for him, if convicted, my husband and I spoke out in opposition to that, publicly.

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