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enmity

[en-mi-tee] / ˈɛn mɪ ti /


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South Korea and Japan shelved decades of historical enmity to present China with a united front.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

For white people who felt no enmity toward their fellow man, but who believed they were paying for the sins of their fathers, he was hope.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

That leaves “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin’s anthology series about enmity, envy and the multiple ways that blood orange juice can be made, as the presumptive front-runner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Lee, a veteran labour activist and a witness to the 1989 crackdown, told the court in March he felt no enmity towards the Communist Party and hoped it would reform.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

“Yes, and your newfound enmity with the fairies. But I worry there may be something more. I am anxious to speak with Nero.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

The battles fought between surviving friends—in this case Wilde’s literary executor, Robert Ross, and Wilde’s onetime boyfriend, Alfred “Bosie” Douglas—are more partisan, the enmities more acrimonious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

His father was killed at the bitter end of the war, fighting for Marshal Tito, the leader who managed to knit together the multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia and suppress simmering enmities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

As England and France face each other in the third place World Cup match on Saturday, where ancient enmities may be on show, this cultural exchange is being seen as a win-win.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

But its removal lit up social media, rekindling historic enmities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025

It was a “world criss-crossed by numerous patron-client relationships and family ties, in which major centers vied with one another in enmities that could endure for centuries.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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