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  • noun Plural form of objector.

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Examples

  • But more importantly, the attitude of the objectors is endemic of the gridlock in Washington.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » God Forbid That Some For-Profit Business Should Benefit While You Help People 2010

  • But more importantly, the attitude of the objectors is endemic of the gridlock in Washington.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » God Forbid That Some For-Profit Business Should Benefit While You Help People 2010

  • It is very easy to label objectors as NIMBYs and to associate them with undesirable groups but that sort of yah-boo politics does nothing to advance debate nor does it recognise that a particular application may actually have serious flaws.

    Polly Toynbee 2003

  • It is very easy to label objectors as NIMBYs and to associate them with undesirable groups but that sort of yah-boo politics does nothing to advance debate nor does it recognise that a particular application may actually have serious flaws.

    Archive 2003-08-01 2003

  • The main objectors to straight membership justify gay/bi exclusivity with such arguments as “we aren’t all out and proud”, “we might not want people at work to know we are members”, and “why would a straight person need to join anyway?”

    Prism « Sven’s guide to… 2006

  • In each case the objectors are a tiny, tiny minority, usually poorly informed, and almost always motivated not by flaws in the science, but by a dislike of the conclusions.

    How the Enviro-Fascists Are Trying to Close Down the Climate Change Debate 2007

  • Chief among the objectors was a Councillor of State, Haugwitz, an oily, plausible creature, whose Gallophil leanings were destined finally to place his country under the heel of Napoleon and deal a death-blow to Pitt.

    William Pitt and the Great War John Holland Rose 1898

  • "The mosque is not an issue for Muslims, and they have not heard of it until the shouting became loud between the supporters and the objectors, which is mostly an argument between non-Muslim US citizens!" he added.

    arabnews - frontpage 2010

  • Mr Bathelor called objectors "misinformed", Mr Briggs said.

    Star News Group 2010

  • Although the corporate upheavals could raise suspicions that the permit issue was somehow connected, Tait said the objectors were a group of landowners concerned about the local environment.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

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