enemy
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister called Lee's statement "wise behaviour", but hopes for a rapprochement faded after the diplomatically isolated nation returned to calling the South its "most hostile" enemy.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Unified had unfathomably surrendered a prize to the enemy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
Since Kim declared the end to reunification efforts with the South in December 2024, he had called South Koreans a sworn enemy and had cut all levels of communication with Seoul.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
So if Musk is mad about this, he can at least take solace in the fact that the S&P’s rules should also keep his mortal enemy Sam Altman’s company ineligible.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Mom says, “You can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good,” because she thinks I’m too much of a perfectionist.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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