public enemy

Example Sentences

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For more than four decades, music fans knew Ms. Forster as the emotional rock for the ever-volatile Mr. Lydon, who in the late 1970s became Public Enemy No. 1 in the eyes of British polite society for spitting invective in every direction, including the Queen’s, as the frontman for the incendiary punk progenitors the Sex Pistols.

From New York Times

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — It took the better part of two seasons, but Kraken fans finally have a Public Enemy No. 1 to focus on Tuesday night in Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers.

From Seattle Times

Public Enemy, “Mrs. Maisel” and no doubt many others I missed.

From New York Times

“I have become, in one week, Public Enemy No. 1.”

From New York Times

During that Cannon’s Class episode, the performer called Black people “the true Hebrews” and discussed antisemitic conspiracy theories with Griffin, who was kicked out of Public Enemy in 1989 over anti-Jewish remarks.

From Los Angeles Times