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enmity

[en-mi-tee] / ˈɛn mɪ ti /


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Their earlier efforts to insulate themselves from such strikes failed, stoking Arab enmity toward Tehran.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 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

Meeting face-to-face, the enmity continued as the two donned hard hats and traded blows over the true cost of renovating Federal Reserve buildings.

From BBC Apr. 29, 2026

Despite a shared enmity for the United States and Israel, the Shiite and Sunni militias are bitter sectarian foes.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2026

But it was an enmity controlled from above—by nobles who were not sincerely anxious for each other’s blood.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

Libyans from across the fragmented country have driven through old front lines regardless of bitter enmities to deliver aid to flood-stricken Derna this week, putting aside years of conflict between their divided leaders.

From Reuters Sep. 14, 2023

But some supporters of the current leadership fear a court case may simply bring some of the old enmities and issues back to the fore.

From BBC Jan. 13, 2023

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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