opposing team

collocation in English

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opposing
adjective[before noun]
uk
/əˈpəʊ.zɪŋ/us
/əˈpoʊ.zɪŋ/
competing or fighting against ...
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team
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/tiːm/us
/tiːm/
a number of people or animals who do something together as ...
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(Definition ofopposingandteamfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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You have to score at least one more than theopposingteam.
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As to members of theopposingteam, he had no such obligation to them, hence they lack the standing to rebuke him that his teammates have.
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Theopposingteamis over the limit.
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Theopposingteamretreats in parallel.
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Theopposingteammay call 104.
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The team that wins it has thus a smaller, easier-to-defend playing area to cover, but its players are more crowded, while theopposingteammust cover a larger area.
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Theopposingteamof lawyers placed upon the table a massive document of appeal setting out their case.
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I was glad to be batting for their side rather than for theopposingteam, as it were.
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Theopposingteamplayed the other word in the round.
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Seventeen of those stops resulted losses for theopposingteam.
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Initially, theopposingteamwas awarded one free throw.
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It serves as a challenge to theopposingteam.
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Typically, five varsity riders compete against theopposingteam.
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A player from theopposingteamthen makes a throw.
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Theopposingteamthen turns over the 30-second timer.
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In this sixth turn, theopposingteammay now confer.
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Any member of theopposingteammay attempt to answer.
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Theopposingteamalways keep whatever points they earn.
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Theopposingteamgets points based on what they collect.
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If they do not succeed, theopposingteamwins.
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Bagua concepts were also used to jinx theopposingteam.
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As a result of that, fights and uproar break out between one team's supporters and the supporters of theopposingteam.
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In my rugby-playing days we used to wait for the right moment—when the referee was not looking—before we punched a member of theopposingteam.
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The quarter is then transferred to theopposingteamand the roles are reversed.
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