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'gainst

Or gainst

[genst, geynst]

preposition

  1. shortened form of against.



'gainst

/ ɡɛnst, ɡeɪnst /

preposition

  1. poeticshort for against

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Officials are still reviewing the case, and additional charges gainst Macareno may be filed, Brown said.

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He pointed to the speed at which the encounter went from conversation to fatality — just over a minute — and the larger “bias gainst Black and brown men” in the United States.

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Fears about its public finances have driven the pound to its lowest levels gainst the dollar since 1985.

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As the first hymn began, with: "He who would valiant be 'gainst all disaster," she appeared, to take her place.

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And raw feeding — which includes vegetables, animal proteins, bones and other uncooked ingredients — has gone from fringe to trendy, even though numerous authorities have warned gainst it.

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