hostile party
Example Sentences
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This threat was implicitly raised last week by Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi, who warned that Iraq would consider the U.S. a "hostile party in the gulf conflict" if it sent supplies to Iran.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presidents had had to contend with at least one branch of Congress controlled by a hostile party.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was never able to meet the fleet of the Parliament in battle, and could only wage war by crippling the trade of the hostile party.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva
The unconditional submission of the hostile party was followed by their speedy removal to the country assigned them west of the Mississippi.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
Meanwhile the hostile party continued to advance up the dry channel before mentioned, and shouted on beholding these strange preparations, but they did not relax their speed.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
