How to Use go against in a Sentence
go against
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The guess here is Allen should be a go against the Colts.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
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Think about some of the atrocious calls and non-calls that went against them.
—Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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So that's a lot of people going against him off the bat.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
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The rebound in prices over the past five months has gone against many forecasts made at the start of the year, Ratiu said.
—Anna Bahney, CNN, 25 July 2023
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And when anyone tries to speak out, the whole world somehow goes against them.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
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Paired with Walker Kessler, good luck going against the Utah bigs.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
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The start of the game was similar to Wednesday, when the Kings got going against the Nuggets early.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2024
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Aigle goes against the grain each season to play up its outerwear roots.
—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
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Every midterm of the last 20 years has gone against the sitting president.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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That's because going against the grain can isolate you.
—Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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That became a problem late in China’s 1-0 win over Haiti, when three late non-calls went against the Haitians.
—Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
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While the team will have to get creative with paying their star back by not going against the cap, NewOrleans.
—Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Doc Odd goes against protocol, though, and saves this schmo’s life a second time in one night.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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That goes against the trend for birds of prey, broadly seen as a conservation bright spot.
—Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 15 June 2023
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If Brown can’t go against his former team, the Ravens would attack backup Cody Ford.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
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At first, that went against the wish of Barney's close friend Dave Bing, Detroit's former mayor and, for a while, a co-guardian.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
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Of course, this goes against the business imperative to grow.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
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Naomi Watts knows a thing or two about going against the grain in Hollywood.
—Marnie Goodfriend, Flow Space, 9 July 2024
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Why would humans want to make decisions that go against this?
—Earl Foster, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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That they are affected at all, though, goes against what many women were told for years.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
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Those who protest in the streets, who speak for human rights, go against the grain for the betterment of our country are the true patriots.
—Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024
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This ruling goes against more than 40 years of legal precedent.
—Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 30 June 2023
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Women are strong, and sexiness does not have to go against power.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 13 Mar. 2025
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Democrats who go against labor priorities have been known to pay a price.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
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The dynamics of luxury resale can go against the grain.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
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The homeowner said that squatting rights goes against the American dream of owning a home.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
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That’s a long way of saying: Don’t be surprised if this tandem goes against convention and sticks to their own draft board.
—Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
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For starters, Niland couldn’t go against a direct order, so he was promptly sent back home.
—Tomris Laffly, EW.com, 6 July 2024
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There was a lone dissenting voice that went against all the Mycenaean armor naysayers: Homer.
—Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 30 May 2024
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Mark my words: there will not be a single penny spent that goes against the interest and safety of the American people.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
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