nemesis
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Bit by bit, Disney is continuing to shape itself into something more like its former nemesis, Netflix, including by diving more into the vertical-video and A.I. future while licensing visual podcasts as TV shows.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Messengers on horseback cross the linen field of vision and bring Harold to meet his nemesis and relative by marriage, Duke William, aka William the Bastard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
When Athing Mu-Nikolayev, Hodgkinson's American nemesis who beat her to gold at the Tokyo Olympics and Eugene 2022, slipped off the scene, the Briton had hoped to dominate the 800m.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
But in Sunday’s World Cup final, he will become Spain’s nemesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Trying to focus the conversation on rituals, my nemesis, I said, after a thoughtful pause, “Is that why Papa insists that we do rituals?”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
Which of your childhood nemeses do you wish could see you now?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
But the lasting lesson “Amadeus” teaches us is that real stars have nemeses.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
Finally, ceilings necessarily keep any number of nemeses out.
From Slate ● May 9, 2026
The long-incarcerated Janitor claims to have crucial information about the new murder, but he’ll only share it with his old nemeses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
We tried to pretend the other didn’t exist even though the existence of our nemeses kept us both occupied for hours.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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