nemesis
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His mistake was to try to destroy a man whose greatest nemesis was himself, and that singular, burning focus of Mozart’s earned him immortality regardless of what his haters threw at him.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
Since then, the population has been slowly and steadily increasing in the Golden State, much to the delight of conservationists and frustration of ranchers who are now contending with the return of their historical nemesis.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
Faye, meanwhile, is disturbed at the sight of her agent and editor cozying up to Abby; are they plotting to dump Faye in favor of her nemesis?
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
According to Drift, TRM and Elliptic, which also tracks cryptocurrency movements, the likely culprit for the April 1 theft is the crypto world’s biggest nemesis: North Korea.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 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
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