There was much ferocious opposition to the idea of separating husband wife and children.

Even so, given the industry's ferocious opposition and its political clout elsewhere in the administration, her new rules are welcome.

There was ferocious Republican opposition and stratospheric nervousness about campaign reform on both sides of the aisle.

The idea faces ferocious opposition, especially from entrenched highway interests.

Were you scared of the ferocious opposition?

It met with ferocious opposition from conservative elements in the Catholic hierarchy, often at the behest of the medical profession.

In the novel, Sonny's family runs into ferocious opposition when they move into a white working-class area.

This was met with such ferocious opposition by politicians, high ranking officers and public alike, that the government for the most part stepped down.

Any zoning regulation that omits this essential component of local neighborhoods' control over their future will be met by ferocious opposition - not fear.

And the way the drawbacks are concentrated explains the ferocious opposition from organized labor.