public enemy number one

Example Sentences

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Two men chopped down the world famous Sycamore Gap tree as a "bit of a laugh" and then feared becoming public enemy number one, prosecutors have told jurors.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

Another waste turned public enemy number one, CO2,is an industrial gaseous effluent with low economic value.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

The resulting article had the headline: “How Warner Bros. Discovery C.E.O. David Zaslav became public enemy number one in Hollywood.”

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

You say, "Perfectionism is public enemy number one."

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2022

With the hostage crisis still fresh in the country's minds, we were public enemy number one.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi