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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

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

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2023

Israel, meanwhile, has engaged in a yearslong shadow war with its archenemy Iran that has spilled out across the wider Middle East.

From Seattle Times Mar. 9, 2023

But Professor Moriarty—the archenemy of Holmes—was the greatest villain.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

On the premiere, diet guru Susan Powter, comic Kevin Meaney and the Bee Gees were Space Ghost’s guests, accompanied by his TV band — led by former archenemies Moltar and Zorak.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2025

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

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

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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