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archenemy

[ahrch-en-uh-mee] / ˈɑrtʃˈɛn ə mi /


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Inflation, for central bankers, is the archenemy and the root of all evil.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

But when he did play it, it was less about his archenemy than about L.A., a city with a new song in the canon, a definitive “Us” who were all alike in screaming it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025

Izo’s gang is considered an ally of G-Pep, archenemy of Barbecue’s gang federation, but alliances have been shifting in recent days.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

“My dear brother, my archenemy, how did we come to this?”

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

You could see Father’s skin crawl when he heard the name of his archenemy, the chief.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

But nobody would have ever predicted that two archenemies of the past 50 years, the environmentalists and Detroit, would somehow find themselves rallying to the same side.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2022

Diet guru Susan Powter, comedian Kevin Meaney and the Bee Gees were guests of the animated Space Ghost accompanied by his TV band — led by former archenemies Moltar and Zorak.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2022

A peace agreement this year put the two archenemies back together in government, but fighting resumed in July.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2016

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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