enemy
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Know what your enemy wants you to do so you can refrain from doing it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
In addition, Yoon faces a separate trial on charges of aiding the enemy over allegations that he sent military drones into North Korea earlier in 2024.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
"We have an effective weapon: not to conduct an offensive war, but to prevent the enemy advancing effectively on our territory," he tells me.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Yet his mother reacts as if he’d sided with the enemy by wishing defeat.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
“I had to, Jakob! I couldn’t just leave it there for some enemy agent to collect.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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