How to Use unopposed in a Sentence

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• There are two ways to run — one is unopposed, and the other is afraid.
  — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 9 June 2022
• Tempe Mayor Corey Woods ran unopposed and won a second term with 94% of the votes.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
• But the Reds sat on their hands, which meant the Brewers’ additions went unopposed.
  — Emmett Prosser, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2023
• Joseph Burke was running unopposed to retain his City Council seat at the time of his death.
  — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
• Banks’ request to push back the trial date was unopposed, but her bid for more time to seek evidence was not.
  — Marc Hogan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2023
• Michael Finn and Denette Dunn are unopposed in their council districts.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
• Nevin, Painter and Unglesbee each ran unopposed for their seats.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 10 May 2023
• The pair ran unopposed, and will succeed Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, who have led the organization since 2018.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022
• The council’s longest-serving member, Gary Kendrick, ran unopposed for a sixth term.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
• The winner will run unopposed in the November election.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2022
• District 1 had three candidates facing off for the seat, and the incumbents in districts 5 and 6 both ran unopposed.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 14 Feb. 2023
• Aderholt, Carl, Moore and Palmer were all unopposed in their primary.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 27 Oct. 2022
• Smith requested the protective order on June 16, and it was unopposed by Trump's lawyers.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 June 2023
• Then a Black man, Patrick Braxton, ran unopposed for mayor in 2020 and after winning, named an all-Black town council.
  — WSJ, 11 Aug. 2023
• Stefani is running unopposed; Mar and Dorsey, who was appointed to his seat by Breed in May, are in the most competitive races.
  — J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2022
• First-time candidate Philip Madden is unopposed for a two-year seat on council.
  — Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
• Jones, who is running unopposed this fall, declined to comment.
  — Susan Carroll, NBC News, 1 July 2022
• It’s been basically running unopposed for Foldable of the Year the past couple of years in the US, where competition is scarce.
  — Allison Johnson, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
• Ulrich initially ran unopposed, but just days before the election, the incumbent had a change of heart.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
• For the first time in more than three decades, an incumbent Seven Hills mayor is running unopposed for a second term in office.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• Phillips knew that Burkhart, who is in his first term representing a new state House district in north Tennessee, had run unopposed in 2022.
  — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
• Lee is unopposed and will have a strong advantage in a general election in a state that has not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2006.
  — Jonathan Mattise, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
• According to the documents, the unopposed Lee raised $1.4 million in cash donations in May and spent $1.2 million of those funds on his campaign.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2022
• The only candidate for city clerk, Sherry Freisinger, is unopposed, although her name will appear on the ballot.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2022
• Though Hayden ran unopposed, a sizable number of voters cast write-in ballots for sheriff in 2020.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• The only candidate for city clerk, Sherry Freisinger, was unopposed.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
• Mayor Corey Woods is running for a second term unopposed, but the race for three open council seats is shaping up to be competitive.
  — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 20 Jan. 2024
• The two producers ran unopposed to succeed presidents Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher, who were elected in 2018.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
• People pointed out that the Russians had taken Kherson City in days, nearly unopposed.
  — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• Other county races on the ballot include clerk of Superior Court, a race in which Jeff Fine is running unopposed.
  — AZCentral.com, 12 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024