Confirmation was at first excluded from the synagogue, because, like every innovation, it met with stern opposition from more traditional rabbis.

Some of the sternest opposition has come from Europe's most important trading partners.

These extraordinary provisions became common in the eleventh and subsequent centuries, and met at times with stern opposition.

That quest was to confront The Shadow with the sternest opposition that he had ever encountered.

In 1228, James faced the sternest opposition from a vassal yet.

Cork had different ideas and provided stern opposition.

The committee which visited Lee met with stern opposition.

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Here they were faced with sterner opposition.

However the team are no longer seen as pushovers and are now recognised as stern opposition.