archenemy

Example Sentences

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Inflation, for central bankers, is the archenemy and the root of all evil.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026

“My dear brother, my archenemy, how did we come to this?”

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Israel, meanwhile, has engaged in a yearslong shadow war with its archenemy Iran that has spilled out across the wider Middle East.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 9, 2023

In the comics, Black Adam is mainly associated with Shazam as his archenemy, so uniting these two on screen would be a natural progression.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2022

You could see Father’s skin crawl when he heard the name of his archenemy, the chief.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver