as in opponent
one that is hostile toward another
a beloved minister with no known enemies
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The 78-year-old billionaire has also vowed to roll back environmental policies and protections, severely curtail the rights of transgender people, and seek revenge against his political enemies.
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Makena Kelly, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers.
—Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
Loos uses a specific enemy, the Aeshi Nero, as a prime example of what the team is going for.
—Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Mann was aiming at his brother Heinrich, a novelist and an essayist of nearly equal renown, whose liberal politics led him to support Germany’s enemies, France and Britain.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Makena Kelly, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers.
—Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
Loos uses a specific enemy, the Aeshi Nero, as a prime example of what the team is going for.
—Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
Mann was aiming at his brother Heinrich, a novelist and an essayist of nearly equal renown, whose liberal politics led him to support Germany’s enemies, France and Britain.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Enemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enemy. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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