adversaries

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Interest in UFOs has been renewed in recent years as the US government probed numerous reports of seemingly supernatural aircraft, amid worries that adversaries could be testing highly advanced technologies.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Interest in UFOs has been renewed in recent years as the US government investigated numerous reports of seemingly supernatural aircraft, amid worries that adversaries could be testing highly advanced technologies.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

European and Asian nations—allies and strategic adversaries alike—are watching this closely, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Protecting democracies required "hard power", he said, while "theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications" would see the US lose ground to its adversaries.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The opening section of his speech also goes on the attack, fulfilling Ad Herennium’s rather gleeful injunction to use this section to “make our adversaries unpopular.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith