adversary

Example Sentences

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On Friday night, Cronin and the Bruins will take on the challenge of Central Florida and his longtime adversary Dawkins, mindful there are no gimmes once you get this far.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Many point to China as our emerging adversary, but it isn’t only Beijing we have to worry about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

“We also identified other attempts by the adversary to use our models for activities that violate our usage policies; our models refused to comply with these attempts,” an OpenAI spokesperson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

There is no precedent for changing a regime or winning a war against a well-armed adversary simply by using air power.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Any adversary who is unscrupulous enough to give the least charitable reading to an unhedged statement will find an opening to attack the writer in a thicket of hedged ones anyway.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker