nemesis
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At least one part of her bad trip appears to be over: Her next-door nemesis just moved out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Dodgers are a useful nemesis for baseball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In his resignation speech, Sir Keir did not mention his would-be nemesis by name, and announced that there would now be a contest to select a new Labour leader.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
For once my nemesis was at a loss for words.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
But the lasting lesson “Amadeus” teaches us is that real stars have nemeses.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
As they take the show on tour, there's a quick but beautiful shot of Williams watching from under the stage, flashing a quick thumbs up at his former nemeses as they perform Rule The World.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Usually it plays out as a cute moment, the assembled gaggle cooing awwww at the exchange as the queried party answers far more effusively than they do for their daily adult nemeses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The official trailer for the sequel shows the chirpy red-capped Italian plumber cavorting with his friends and nemeses in a colourful intergalactic universe.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
We tried to pretend the other didn’t exist even though the existence of our nemeses kept us both occupied for hours.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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