nemesis

Example Sentences

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It's almost like a movie script - Scotland trying to defeat their great nemesis.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The professional rivalries are real, as J.D. finds when his hiring as Sacred Heart’s new chief of medicine gains him a nemesis in Joel Kim Booster’s wonderfully shady Dr. Eric Park.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

And David plays Lincoln’s nemesis, Stevie Nichols, the very successful former partner of Lincoln’s late mother, upon whom the son remains perversely fixated.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

If Zverev becomes a nemesis, good for him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Her husband, his old mentor and nemesis, Anton Mauve, had died in early February.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman