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In the famous epic poem, who is the adversary of Odysseus?

adversary

[ad-ver-ser-ee] / ˈæd vərˌsɛr i /


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Two sources also say Diddy has access to a “jailbroken” tablet where he watches movies and documentaries, including “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” the Netflix docuseries produced by his adversary Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Brovdi says matching enemy capacity is “the bare minimum” required to stay competitive with an adversary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Hybrid warfare or hybrid attacks are loose terms which tend to describe non-military methods, for example cyberattacks, sabotage or misinformation, designed to exert pressure and destabilise an adversary.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

We are increasing readiness against existing threats, and the United States has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

You can’t have this kind of shared understanding if writer and reader are in an adversary relationship.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Potential adversaries will have to consider that any shipping container at an Australian wharf could have a Ghost Shark in it, he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The i Paper also leads with the spy chief's speech, quoting him as saying threats from foreign adversaries have quadrupled in a decade.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Before he became Disney’s DIS 1.39%increase; up pointing triangle top lawyer, Horacio Gutiérrez faced powerful adversaries, defending Microsoft in its antitrust fights and taking on Apple while at Spotify.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Once described as a perpetual prime minister-in-waiting, he finally got the top job in 2022, but only by forming an uneasy coalition with his one-time adversaries UMNO.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Neither I nor the adversaries ever fatigued of it.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly


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