adversaries
Example Sentences
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Germany has limited legal options to harm its adversaries beyond diplomatic and economic sanctions—short of declaring war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Created during the Cold War, that system was designed to prevent sensitive technology from reaching adversaries or unauthorized third parties and to give Washington oversight of how U.S. weapons were used abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
"I believe that only then will we be able to begin to heal and move forward -- not as adversaries, but as human beings and as peoples equal in dignity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The MoD said it would not comment on specific security procedures as this could benefit potential adversaries, but it said the security of defence assets was a top priority for the Labour government.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Their authors often were adversaries of the Indians they wrote about, usually did not speak the necessary languages, and almost always had an agenda other than empathetic description of indigenous folkways.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
