adversaries

Example Sentences

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The question is how American adversaries weigh trade-offs when wars increasingly favor quantity over quality.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The King spelt out the cornerstones: there had to be support for Nato, "keeping North Americans and Europeans safe from our common adversaries".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Even a popular New York City venue allegedly uses it to blackball people its millionaire owner considers adversaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

There are worthy adversaries, including Apple’s own ex-design chief Jony Ive, who is working on a device for OpenAI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Some of our regular adversaries complained loud and long about how the inclusion of some of our pictures had tainted their precious yearbook.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals