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
Shortly after, Rubalcava’s then-boss, Assemblymember Avelino Valencia, told her something Briceño had allegedly said to him: “Natalie is public enemy No. 1, and I will stop at nothing until she’s recalled and politically ruined forever.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024
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
