hostile party
Example Sentences
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Presidents had had to contend with at least one branch of Congress controlled by a hostile party.
From Time Magazine Archive
This threat was implicitly raised last week by Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi, who warned that Iraq would consider the U.S. a "hostile party in the gulf conflict" if it sent supplies to Iran.
From Time Magazine Archive
The unconditional submission of the hostile party was followed by their speedy removal to the country assigned them west of the Mississippi.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
So far was well; but it yet remained to induce the opposite hostile party to agree to peace; you understand only one side was yet persuaded.
From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan
But, though the flames revealed every object for a considerable distance around them, no traces of the hostile party could be discerned.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
