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adversary

[ad-ver-ser-ee] / ˈæd vərˌsɛr i /


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He isn’t the only one raising the specter of a foreign adversary opposing data-center construction and slowing America’s pursuit of artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

It is an acknowledgment that durable deterrence requires clarity about the nature of the adversary one faces.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

If the government wants to know whether a model can meaningfully assist cyberattacks, biological misuse or autonomous weapons development, it shouldn’t publish a checklist every lab can optimize against and every adversary can study.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

"But that's not enough when the adversary is fighting what they see as an existential conflict."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

By the summer of 1948, J. Edgar Hoover was ready to try a new tactic against his Soviet adversary.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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