enemy
Example Sentences
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"There's a common thread: it's that food was an enemy, or something to be wary of," she says.
From BBC
To Arizona fans, the enemy is not the system, even if Kendrick says the Dodgers have mastered the system rather than skirted it.
From Los Angeles Times
Casting Hannibal as an implacable enemy of Rome from his earliest childhood merely served to assuage Roman guilt for Carthage’s terrible end.
Together, we march up the stone pathway like soldiers trespassing in enemy territory.
From Literature
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I stopped in the doorway of Room 130 for a minute, just taking it in so I could do like soldiers do before a battle: assess the enemy, formulate a plan, get armed, and attack.
From Literature
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