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
Ellen and Tim pick me up in the morning so that I won’t have to face the carport because I am officially Patrick Thomas’s public enemy number one.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
