enemy
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Uniformity is the enemy of art, and blind trust is the scourge of politics.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
“The press is not the enemy of the people. The press is the people’s guarantee that they will know what is done in their name.”
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Americans, in turn, claimed to be able to identify the enemy by the distinctive odor of nuoc mam, the fermented-fish condiment that is a staple of Vietnamese cooking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Battlefield drone operators also have good reason to keep the noise down, to avoid alerting the enemy of the approach of their unmanned vehicles.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Allies were just as convinced that Allied troops could achieve a breakthrough in the west, attacking enemy positions and driving the Germans back across their own border.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
Would you cure the sick, or crush your enemies?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
For years, Israel has focused on defending itself against its external enemies.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
That did not make Newhan and McCourt the best of friends, but neither did it make them bitter enemies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Nobody gets a quote on air defenses for a server farm unless the server farm has enemies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
I’d wanted so badly for this school year to be wonderful, and all I’d managed to do was make enemies and look silly in front of the whole class, every day.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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