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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

Busch’s most famous public feud was with Dale Earnhardt, Jr., the scion of racing royalty and Busch’s on-track nemesis.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 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

Lance Barber will eventually rejoin as screenwriter Paulie G., Valerie’s old nemesis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

But he knew that she’d forever be my nemesis.

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




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