adversaries

Example Sentences

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President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated his desire to use transactional diplomacy to pressure both allies and adversaries.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Oil companies aren’t known for playing nice with their adversaries.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

“You don’t want localities or states getting into the business of designating their enemies or their political adversaries or the people they disagree with as terrorists. That’s just not a good thing,” Sinnar said.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

If the U.S. keeps buying the same expensive weapons, adversaries will just challenge it with more targets, he said, and “eventually you’re going to run out.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

They hurled themselves upon the enemy, sparrows and shrews siding them against their larger adversaries.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques