public enemy number one

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Another waste turned public enemy number one, CO2,is an industrial gaseous effluent with low economic value.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

The resulting article had the headline: “How Warner Bros. Discovery C.E.O. David Zaslav became public enemy number one in Hollywood.”

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Dr Jonathan Stokes, from McMaster University, describes the bug as "public enemy number one" as it's "really common" to find cases where it is "resistant to nearly every antibiotic".

From BBC • May 25, 2023

You say, "Perfectionism is public enemy number one."

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2022

With the hostage crisis still fresh in the country's minds, we were public enemy number one.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi