archfoe

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Iran replaces powerful chief of Guard intelligence unit: Iran has dismissed the powerful chief of the Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence unit, Hossein Taeb, state TV said, after high-profile incidents blamed on archfoe Israel.

From Washington Post • Jun. 23, 2022

We know Richelieu as the archfoe of “The Three Musketeers,” but Alexandre Dumas based the character on a very real prelate whose Machiavellian talents helped hatch the concept of the nation-state.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2020

Howard Smith, archfoe of labor unions, was a national figure, openly sought the post and was a member in good standing of Senator Harry F. Byrd's all-powerful state machine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now 51, he may run for Governor against his archfoe Nelson Rockefeller in 1974, or he may wait until 1976 to challenge Conservative-Republican Senator James Buckley.

From Time Magazine Archive

So pleased were they to have the archfoe of clerical secularism in this trap, that they called it a triumph indeed, to see the day when he sat on the Treasury bench.

From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Marson, Charles L. (Charles Latimer)