enmity
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The two have an enmity that goes back more than four decades, with outbursts of fighting or outright war punctuated by periods of tense calm.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
But they may mark a more lasting and more dangerous turn toward enmity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 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
But on Wednesday, the Russian and Syrian leaders sat down together for the first time, putting pragmatism ahead of past enmity.
From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025
Then it was back to Paris to work on the peace treaty ending the war, an experience that generated his lifelong enmity toward Franklin, who found him insufferably austere and obsessively diligent.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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