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enemy

[en-uh-mee] / ˈɛn ə mi /


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Unified had unfathomably surrendered a prize to the enemy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Tedros said that earlier this year he had urged foreign ministers planning to increase defence spending not to forget about the "invisible enemy".

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

Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv's City Military Administration, said "the enemy is striking with ballistic missiles".

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Eventually, you can take them hundreds of miles away—fly them to France, behind enemy lines—and attach a message to their leg, and they’ll find their way back home.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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