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• The two politicians have diametrically opposite points of view.
• Two of the president's chief advisors have staked out opposite positions on this issue.
• He held the opposite view to his brother.
• The witnesses gave opposite accounts of who caused the accident.
• The movie was supposed to be scary, but it had the opposite effect on him.

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• "No, go that way, " I said, pointing in the opposite direction.
• These two men might be thought to represent the opposite poles of economic ideology.
• By the time we reached the opposite bank, the boat was sinking fast.
• Firmly secure the two uprights to opposite walls in the alcove and then slot the shelves in between them.
• They drove away in opposite directions.

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• We're in the very modern-looking building opposite the station.
• I live bang opposite the cinema.
• A thin, bearded man sat opposite me on the train.
• The woman seated opposite him refused to stop staring at him.
• The women sitting opposite us were gazing admiringly at baby Joe.

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• While claiming to promote positive images of women, advertisers are in fact doing the very opposite.
• She's very thoughtful - the direct opposite of her sister.
• No, I'm not tired. Rather the opposite in fact.
• What's the opposite of 'steep'?
• I don't dislike him - quite the opposite, actually.

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• I asked the woman opposite if I could use her phone.
• I was on the metro this morning when for no apparent reason the man opposite suddenly screamed.
• I went to the bank opposite.
• The house opposite is owned by an Italian family.
• The ball ended up in the field opposite.