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enemy

[en-uh-mee] / ˈɛn ə mi /


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Beneath the battle for aerial superiority, unmanned ground vehicles scurry back and forth delivering supplies, evacuating the wounded or, increasingly, leading the charge against the enemy.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Music Against the Night” is the story of two children, an orphan and a musical prodigy, both of whom are born at a time when European culture was the enemy of children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

And there it was, the predicament of modern man: You can’t fight your enemy because you can’t see your enemy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Intelligence agencies and hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities to track enemy movements and identify targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

One of these wrecks was the Confederate Civil War vessel the H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel in combat.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Nobody gets a quote on air defenses for a server farm unless the server farm has enemies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

For John and Adelaide, adults are not the only enemies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

At the same time, bacteria are not simply enemies to eliminate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Later sections where you rely on even cruder tech to spot enemies ratchet up the tension further, at the expense of making the gameplay much slower.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

In the telling of any great puffin battle, there reaches a point when the puffin fearlessly avoids pain and injury by courageously keeping out of reach of their enemies.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el


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