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as in challenges
to demand proof of the truth or rightness of
had the temerity to oppugn the merits of a study in a discipline that he knows nothing about
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as in opposes
to strive to reduce or eliminate
guardians of liberty who staunchly oppugned tyranny, whether from the right or the left
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“Oppugns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oppugns. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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