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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

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023

Die-hard fans will delight in iconography as Harris brings to life Holmes’s archenemy, Professor Moriarty, and sets a final showdown at Reichenbach Falls, one of the most notorious locations in the Holmesian canon.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022

In the comics, Black Adam is mainly associated with Shazam as his archenemy, so uniting these two on screen would be a natural progression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

And Sunny even gave one to Vega, her archenemy.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

Israel and Hezbollah are archenemies and have fought several wars in the past, the most recent a 34-day conflict in 2006 that left 1,200 dead in Lebanon and 160 in Israeli.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2023

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

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

Iraq gets boost by hosting Middle East conference: Arab heads of state and senior officials from the region, including archenemies Iran and Saudi Arabia, met Saturday at a conference hosted by Iraq.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2021

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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