enmity
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But they may mark a more lasting and more dangerous turn toward enmity.
From The Wall Street Journal • 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
After decades of enmity, in 2014 President Barack Obama opted to re-establish ties with the island in a historic but short-lived thaw.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
While the two men's enmity was never completely hidden, Newsom at least appeared to try a bipartisan hug that would keep the mercurial president involved in the costly recovery.
From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025
Nately reacted on sight with bristling enmity to this wicked, depraved and unpatriotic old man who was old enough to remind him of his father and who made disparaging jokes about America.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing enmity
Lord of the Flies
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Romeo and Juliet
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