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[nem-uh-sis] / ˈnɛm ə sɪs /


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The Academy Award-winning actor, who portrayed Daily Bugle chief J. Jonah Jameson in director Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” trilogy, was reunited with his onscreen nemesis at the New York Mets game Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

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

Narratively, their characters — a heroine and her nemesis — shouldn’t dress as though they could swap wardrobes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 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

Her bare feet carry her past the third one, and soon she’s up alongside her nemesis.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak




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