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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

But when he did play it, it was less about his archenemy than about L.A., a city with a new song in the canon, a definitive “Us” who were all alike in screaming it.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2025

Those groups have long provided Iran with a means to challenge its regional archenemy Israel, as well as the U.S., without a direct military confrontation.

From Seattle Times May 21, 2024

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

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2023

And Sunny even gave one to Vega, her archenemy.

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

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

But nobody would have ever predicted that two archenemies of the past 50 years, the environmentalists and Detroit, would somehow find themselves rallying to the same side.

From Seattle Times Aug. 27, 2022

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

Why not just pick one of Castle’s many archenemies in the pop art spheres such as Ma Gnucci or Kingpin?

From Washington Times Feb. 10, 2022

They were willing to risk igniting a whole new crisis to catch a low-level American agent and score points against their archenemies at the CIA.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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