nemesis

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The world number two got one over on his arch nemesis Littler after a long wait as he claimed a first victory over the 19-year-old since last year's Premier League final in May.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The professional rivalries are real, as J.D. finds when his hiring as Sacred Heart’s new chief of medicine gains him a nemesis in Joel Kim Booster’s wonderfully shady Dr. Eric Park.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

And David plays Lincoln’s nemesis, Stevie Nichols, the very successful former partner of Lincoln’s late mother, upon whom the son remains perversely fixated.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

The network cited a source who stated that the “wait a year” protest was Spygate-centered and led by a Patriots nemesis, ex-Indianapolis Colts general manager Bill Polian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

And if at the beginning of the summer someone had said I’d be friends with my nemesis, I’d have said there was a greater chance that Earth would be swallowed by a black hole.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas