How to Use dissenter in a Sentence

dissenter

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  • His regime relies on tanks, missiles, and guns to kill dissenters and civilians.
    — Jessica Goudeau, Teen Vogue, 22 May 2017
  • Board member Ron Ross was the lone dissenter on the contract.
    — Ann Norman, cleveland.com, 16 May 2017
  • The vote was 9-1, with John Beckett the lone dissenter.
    — Orange County Register, 4 Jan. 2017
  • Of course, when a gauntlet like this is thrown down, dissenters multiply like rabbits.
    — Scooter Hendon, star-telegram.com, 19 Apr. 2017
  • The council voted 6-1 to approve the main budget bill, with Kach as the lone dissenter.
    — Pamela Wood, baltimoresun.com, 25 May 2017
  • Johnson can afford to lose only four dissenters from within his conference if Democrats are united in opposition.
    — Kevin Freking, The Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Councilman Brent Ackerson, D-26, was the lone dissenter.
    — Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2017
  • The vote was 6-1, with Travis Hoban the lone dissenter.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The vote was 8–1; the lone dissenter was Clarence Thomas.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Tommy May, vice chair of the board, was the lone dissenter in the vote.
    — Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Here’s what the dissenters had to say about their votes.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • In a myriad of ways so far during Trump trip, the administration has reinforced that message by publicly sidestepping issues like the treatment of the press, women and dissenters.
    — Abby Phillip, Washington Post, 22 May 2017
  • Justice Clarence Thomas was the sole dissenter in the case.
    — Jaida Joyner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
  • Justice Sharon Kennedy was the lone dissenter in the case.
    — cleveland, 10 June 2020
  • Roberts was one of the dissenters in the 5 to 3 decision.
    — Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The dissenters said the suit should have been dismissed.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Fortune, 10 May 2024
  • Keizer Police Chief John Teague was the lone dissenter on the board.
    — Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Needless to say, the two dissenters, Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson, have no chance.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Justices Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas were the dissenters in the 7-2 ruling.
    — WSJ, 28 June 2019
  • This has not left much oxygen in the room for dissenters—publicly, at least.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2018
  • The motion was approved on a 4-1 vote, with Fletcher the lone dissenter.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Trustee Gary Feest was the lone dissenter, and one of only two board members to speak before the vote.
    — Rick Romell, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
  • But that is not always the case, and Kavanaugh plus the dissenters in the Ray case would have been enough to force the outcome in the Murphy case.
    — Robert Barnes, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
  • The school board voted 4-1 to hire Fowler; member Kermit Kendrick was the lone dissenter.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Kavanaugh was a dissenter in that case, in which Roberts was joined by the court’s liberals.
    — Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Arthur and Parrish-Wright were the only dissenters of the contract for the captains and lieutenants.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Supervisor Greg Cox was the lone dissenter in the 3-1 vote.
    — Chris Lindahl, Ramona Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2018
  • But there were some dissenters, notably A. O. Scott, the Times critic.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Today, Maersk is one of the dissenters on the move to slow steaming even further.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2019
  • As with peanuts, early dissenters were ignored, ridiculed and suffered professional consequences.
    — Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024

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