enmity
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South Korea and Japan shelved decades of historical enmity to present China with a united front.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Not a single vendor I spoke to expressed any enmity toward Latinos, or even Gallardo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
For white people who felt no enmity toward their fellow man, but who believed they were paying for the sins of their fathers, he was hope.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Lee, a veteran labour activist and a witness to the 1989 crackdown, told the court in March he felt no enmity towards the Communist Party and hoped it would reform.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Polyneices took refuge in Argos and did all he could to arouse enmity against Thebes.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
His father was killed at the bitter end of the war, fighting for Marshal Tito, the leader who managed to knit together the multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia and suppress simmering enmities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
As England and France face each other in the third place World Cup match on Saturday, where ancient enmities may be on show, this cultural exchange is being seen as a win-win.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
As music “that transcended enmities to forge a connection between all the people born of this land,” Vargas Llosa writes, channeling Toño’s enthusiasm, the vals is the exemplary art form of a “mongrel nation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
But its removal lit up social media, rekindling historic enmities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025
It was a “world criss-crossed by numerous patron-client relationships and family ties, in which major centers vied with one another in enmities that could endure for centuries.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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