1
as in enemy
one that is hostile toward another
are you friend or foe?
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as in opponent
one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict
this Saturday our team will go up against our longtime foes in a game that will determine the champion of the conference
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Recent Examples of foe
Kraven the Hunter, who is one of Spider-Man’s foes, opened to $11M stateside, the lowest start for any Sony/Marvel title (the Culver City lot owns largely the Spiderverse portion of the Marvel catalog, while Disney owns the rest).
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Kaede forces a foe into a whack-a-mole mini-game that tasks you with hitting the correct button prompts while the opposition attempts to evade with prompts of their own.
—PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
DeSantis’ message did not appear to discriminate between friends or foes.
—Kirby Wilson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
That's pretty vague, but the season 2 teaser trailer highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Kaede forces a foe into a whack-a-mole mini-game that tasks you with hitting the correct button prompts while the opposition attempts to evade with prompts of their own.
—PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
DeSantis’ message did not appear to discriminate between friends or foes.
—Kirby Wilson, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
That's pretty vague, but the season 2 teaser trailer highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foe
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Volunteer historians and re-enactors will share living history of a small portion of Napoleon’s French Grande Army and the empire’s enemies, Britain, Austria, Prussia and their allies, on campaign in Spain.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 May 2025
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All Cherry Mary wants is to pass her Commercial Driver’s License test and become a trucker — but after her family’s criminal enterprise makes the wrong enemies, when the test starts, the trouble begins.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s threats to annex Canada and his tariffs have pulled the ruling Liberal party out of spiraling approval ratings and could propel Mark Carney, the Liberal candidate and sitting prime minister, to victory over Pierre Poilievre, his conservative opponent.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Cuomo, who’s polling as the favorite to win June’s Democratic mayoral primary, made the commitment after several of his opponents in the race for City Hall, including Brad Lander, Scott Stringer, Jessica Ramos and Jim Walden, already vowed to derail Adams’ Advantage plan.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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So far, none of Aetna’s rivals have hinted at plans to exit Obamacare or pull back from markets where the currently sell plans.—
Bruce Japsen,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Brisbane and Sydney, Australia CNN — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a second term in office in a disastrous night for his conservative rivals, as voters chose stability over change against a backdrop of global turmoil inflicted by US President Donald Trump.—
Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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“Foe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foe. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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