hostile party
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Presidents had had to contend with at least one branch of Congress controlled by a hostile party.
From Time Magazine Archive
This threat was implicitly raised last week by Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi, who warned that Iraq would consider the U.S. a "hostile party in the gulf conflict" if it sent supplies to Iran.
From Time Magazine Archive
By this time we had finished most of our preparations, and were busily engaged in constructing a mine at the extremity of the wharf, for the benefit of any hostile party that might land there.
From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 by Doubleday, Abner
Dismounted and accompanied by Bela Moshi Wilmshurst made his way along the side of the track until he came in touch with the hostile party.
From Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force by Prater, Ernest
The hostile party of the natives precedes us.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Mackenzie, Alexander
