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antagonist

[an-tag-uh-nist] / ænˈtæg ə nɪst /


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Lynch served as the club's main antagonist, the villainous cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

That uncertainty has persisted because earlier observational research has produced mixed results, particularly for older vitamin K antagonist drugs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Amylyx Pharmaceuticals says its GLP-1 receptor antagonist, avexitide, met both the primary and secondary endpoints in a late-stage clinical trial.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

He clearly appreciates the value of a fearsome antagonist, though he somewhat overstates the threat Stalin personally posed to Emanuel after the revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

He liked that there was a new protagonist in the same world and that the previous protagonist was now the antagonist.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

The two eventually became antagonists, a split that broke into public view in the aftermath of the January 2025 Palisades fire, which destroyed thousands of homes and left 12 people dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

O’Donnell has been one of Trump’s most persistent celebrity antagonists since.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Presiding over the baddies, Jared Leto’s blue-skinned, caped, literally boneheaded man-demon Skeletor is meant to be the fiercest of antagonists, but even his own henchmen find his signature evil cackle to be a bit laughable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

But the reverse is also true, and former antagonists can be rehabilitated, welcomed once again into the president's good graces.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

Dropping his books, Ben turned to face the four antagonists who now bore down on him.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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