antagonist
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Meanwhile, the cruel antagonist Antinous has his eyes fixed on the queen while her husband is still away.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
There’s no reason Lily couldn’t be a straight-up antagonist, and the film’s story could work just as easily written that way.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
Finerenone is a non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist currently approved to treat CKD associated with type 2 diabetes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
From a reality TV antagonist to a contender in the L.A. mayoral race, Spencer Pratt has jolted local politics, turning personal tragedy in the Palisades fire into a 2026 election campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
I trembled as I tore a cartridge with my teeth; but our antagonist and his friends, outnumbered and outflanked, were beating a retreat, ducked low, into an alley.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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These include SGLT2 inhibitors, GLP-1-based therapies, and nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists in people with chronic kidney disease without diabetes.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
But even if we’re meant to view our woolly antagonists as sheeple, after a fashion, “The Sheep Detectives” culminates on an optimistic note for both the four-legged and the two.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
But the reverse is also true, and former antagonists can be rehabilitated, welcomed once again into the president's good graces.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Neurocrine is betting that its experience working on CRF1 receptor antagonists could yield a better muscle-preserving treatment for obesity.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026
There was a moment's heated discussion, then one of the antagonists stalked from the room, wearing a grim look.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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