public enemy
Example Sentences
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He wants to leave everything to me, but not tell his children, which would make me public enemy No. 1.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
Along the way, Norman’s role in the saga made him golf’s public enemy No. 1.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025
There are more than 1,400 pests and diseases on the government's plant health risk register, but Ips has been labelled "public enemy number one".
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025
She then declares Emperor Palpatine is a monster and becomes the Empire’s most prominent public enemy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025
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
