public enemy number one

Example Sentences

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Actress Blake Lively was arguably the internet's public enemy number one for a couple of weeks in the summer.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2024

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

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

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2022

One of those dots is the mother of public enemy number one, I think when I hear a faint wailing behind me.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko