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noun

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Adjective
Such sensitive information, along with financial information and private messages, is helpful for adversary intelligence agencies to use as leverage for blackmail or coercion. Dan Morse, Alex Horton, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2022 At the same time, Trump's tirades against trade deals with nations like China played into a belief among many people that such pacts had hollowed out the American dream, while building middle classes lives for citizens of adversary nations. Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 Sep. 2017
Noun
A day after a second exchange of Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, the holdup underlined the risks hanging over the truce between the militant group and Israel, longtime adversaries in a series of Gaza wars. Nidal Al-Mughrabi, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025 America’s principal adversaries in the region—Iran, Russia, Hezbollah, and Hamas—are all in retreat. Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for adversary 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adversary
Adjective
  • But several of Barker’s best moments and best performances have come in high-pressure games or in hostile atmospheres.
    Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
  • But what Briner sees as a way of enhancing opportunities for people and communities – defined in the law as social equity applicants – was viewed as hostile to those same applicants during testimony last week.
    Peter Callaghan, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This go round, audiences saw them being buried alive, interrogated by the enemy for hours, running mercilessly, and jumping off a bridge.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The Trump administration’s version of justice rewards his friends and excludes his enemies.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • If City rush things, the gaps to their opponents can be too big to close and those trying to close them do not have the legs to do so.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The opponent: the San Diego Padres, who Snell played for for three seasons.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The next play, I got trapped in the backfield and gained negative yards.
    Peter Ji, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Attorneys for both Lively and Baldoni emphasized in court the negative impact the case has had on their clients.
    Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Thus the ending of the old monarch was properly marked by friends and foes alike.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The senior battled in the post, fronting and denying his much taller foe both good position and the ball in the fourth quarter of a pivotal Oakland Athletic League game.
    Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Their most recent appearance was at the 2023 Super Bowl against tonight's rival, the Kansas City Chiefs.
    Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Barkley wound up signing a three-year contract, worth $37.75 million that includes $26 million guaranteed, with Philly, New York’s division rival.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Adversary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adversary. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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