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adversary

[ad-ver-ser-ee] / ˈæd vərˌsɛr i /


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Swarms of autonomous drones -- which "aim to neutralise an adversary through saturation" -- would be highly effective, and some states view them as a crucial strategic advantage, said Rickli.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Two sources also say Diddy has access to a “jailbroken” tablet where he watches movies and documentaries, including “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” the Netflix docuseries produced by his adversary Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Hybrid warfare or hybrid attacks are loose terms that tend to describe non-military methods, for example cyber-attacks, sabotage or misinformation, designed to exert pressure and destabilise an adversary.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Brovdi says matching enemy capacity is “the bare minimum” required to stay competitive with an adversary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

His chestnut skin was wrinkled and thoroughly spotted, as though age had been welcomed as a friend instead of an adversary.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Part of the problem is that the U.S. military has operated some of its Middle Eastern bases for decades, confident that its adversaries were unable — or unwilling — to mount serious attacks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

But the UK's cyber chief said that they could be found and exploited more quickly and easily via "AI in the hands of our adversaries".

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

For someone like myself, who knows next to nothing about climbing, Krakauer powerfully elucidates the pull of a mountain like Everest and the trance-like state in which it ensnares its adversaries.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

“We’ve found advanced adversaries using this; we’ve found very unsophisticated adversaries using this.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Zero and infinity are two sides of the same coin—equal and opposite, yin and yang, equally powerful adversaries at either end of the realm of numbers.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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