nemesis
Example Sentences
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Or so we’re reminded when Buddy’s nemesis shows up for the big day.
Usually it plays out as a cute moment, the assembled gaggle cooing awwww at the exchange as the queried party answers far more effusively than they do for their daily adult nemeses.
They have been chasing an elusive European title for several years and it is Barcelona who have proved to be their nemesis, knocking them out in four of the past five Champions League campaigns.
From BBC
The official trailer for the sequel shows the chirpy red-capped Italian plumber cavorting with his friends and nemeses in a colourful intergalactic universe.
From Barron's
Field Marshal Munir has consolidated power at home by imprisoning his nemesis, the popular former Prime Minister Imran Khan, and by tightening the army’s grip on domestic affairs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
