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enmity

[en-mi-tee] / ˈɛn mɪ ti /


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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

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 the enmity between the two sides is likely to endure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Burundi has been a natural ally of DR Congo for years because of its enmity with Rwanda.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 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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