adversaries

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Officials have warned that existing systems have not kept pace with increasingly sophisticated weapons possessed by potential adversaries.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Interest in UFOs has been renewed in recent years as the US government probed numerous reports of seemingly supernatural aircraft, amid worries that adversaries could be testing highly advanced technologies.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

The state’s ousted chief minister, 71-year-old Mamata Banerjee, is one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fiercest adversaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Even a popular New York City venue allegedly uses it to blackball people its millionaire owner considers adversaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Perhaps a Shao Lin priest could have anticipated some of the more exaggerated movements, but these men were hardly trained adversaries.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer