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one that is hostile toward another
a beloved minister with no known enemies
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Recent Examples of enemies
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 has mainly been invoked during wartime in order for the federal government to control immigration of the United States’s enemies.
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Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Mar. 2025
But as his king’s new wife Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips) fails to provide him a male heir and an uprising in the north of England threatens the delicate state of the realm, Cromwell’s enemies begin to circle while the king (Damian Lewis) grows ever more unpredictable.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
Newsom seems to believe that regular Americans have grown tired of polarization and want to see ideological enemies find common ground.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
The two have seemingly gone from friends to bitter enemies, and have both released diss tracks taunting one another.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The sample ad creates a negative scenario that spotlights the concept of enemies and taking action.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2025
In the scope of housework, hard water stains are high on the list of public enemies in my home.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
Their bond defies centuries of tradition, where vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-traveling TARDIS team must face great dangers, bigger enemies and wider terrors than ever before.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Mar. 2025
But as his king’s new wife Jane Seymour (Kate Phillips) fails to provide him a male heir and an uprising in the north of England threatens the delicate state of the realm, Cromwell’s enemies begin to circle while the king (Damian Lewis) grows ever more unpredictable.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
Newsom seems to believe that regular Americans have grown tired of polarization and want to see ideological enemies find common ground.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
The two have seemingly gone from friends to bitter enemies, and have both released diss tracks taunting one another.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
The sample ad creates a negative scenario that spotlights the concept of enemies and taking action.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 27 Feb. 2025
In the scope of housework, hard water stains are high on the list of public enemies in my home.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
Their bond defies centuries of tradition, where vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Feb. 2025
But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-traveling TARDIS team must face great dangers, bigger enemies and wider terrors than ever before.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Enemies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enemies. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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