archenemy
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Inflation, for central bankers, is the archenemy and the root of all evil.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026
A spokesperson for Hezbollah, Israel’s archenemy on its northern border, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
“My dear brother, my archenemy, how did we come to this?”
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Die-hard fans will delight in iconography as Harris brings to life Holmes’s archenemy, Professor Moriarty, and sets a final showdown at Reichenbach Falls, one of the most notorious locations in the Holmesian canon.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 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
On the premiere, diet guru Susan Powter, comic Kevin Meaney and the Bee Gees were Space Ghost’s guests, accompanied by his TV band — led by former archenemies Moltar and Zorak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
Roman blurts this out in the "Prague" episode of "Succession" in Season 1 as he's crashing a secret meeting between Ken and Sandy Furness, one of Logan Roy's archenemies.
From Salon ● May 20, 2023
Israel and Hezbollah are archenemies and have fought several wars over the past decades, the last of which ended in August 2006.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Mustafa al-Kadhimi, visiting Tehran and speaking at a news conference alongside Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, alluded to Iraq’s concern not to become a battlefield between Iran and the United States, which are archenemies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2020
Sure, I love the idea of our family’s archenemies turning into sycophantic suck-ups, but when the strange actually materializes into reality, it definitely leaves you reeling.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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