as in foes
one that is hostile toward another
a beloved minister with no known enemies
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Recent Examples of enemies
That stark reality forced both sides to wage slash-and-burn propaganda campaigns designed to sow doubt and disinformation among their enemies.
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Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
But he’s considered a centrist Democrat and has attracted political enemies from both the Right and Progressives, the former due to his pro-LBGT policies and the latter due to his support of centrist leaders such as District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
As has so often occurred, the billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30 an hour that their enemies are those earning $20 an hour.
—Time Video, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Here she is being woke in the name of destroying her enemies, most of whom the show has given us very little reason to root for.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Now, one of her enemies has done the same — only this batch of flames is more like being tossed into an incinerator than warming up by the fireplace.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
There’s a reason why the enemies-to-lovers trope is so popular in the romance book community, and Bailey and Ashley only helped further prove it as their icy onscreen clashes slowly melted into a fiery (and definitely temperature-raising) romance.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Lower courts have ruled Trump overstepped his authority under a law historically used for imposing economic sanctions and other penalties on foreign enemies.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Price, a former Navy man, is conveying the exhaustion of Black sailors and soldiers in a military that continues to enshrine—most recently, in the names of Army bases—its Confederate enemies.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
But he’s considered a centrist Democrat and has attracted political enemies from both the Right and Progressives, the former due to his pro-LBGT policies and the latter due to his support of centrist leaders such as District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.
—Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
As has so often occurred, the billionaire class has sought to convince those making $30 an hour that their enemies are those earning $20 an hour.
—Time Video, Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Here she is being woke in the name of destroying her enemies, most of whom the show has given us very little reason to root for.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Now, one of her enemies has done the same — only this batch of flames is more like being tossed into an incinerator than warming up by the fireplace.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
There’s a reason why the enemies-to-lovers trope is so popular in the romance book community, and Bailey and Ashley only helped further prove it as their icy onscreen clashes slowly melted into a fiery (and definitely temperature-raising) romance.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
Lower courts have ruled Trump overstepped his authority under a law historically used for imposing economic sanctions and other penalties on foreign enemies.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Price, a former Navy man, is conveying the exhaustion of Black sailors and soldiers in a military that continues to enshrine—most recently, in the names of Army bases—its Confederate enemies.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enemies
Noun
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Defeating Lebanon’s Hezbollah, including killing Nasrallah, and bombing Iran’s facilities in June (with Trump sending American warplanes to assist) were widely seen by Israelis as historic victories over the country’s most threatening foes.—
Aluf Benn,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Nov. 2025
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Start the man who has thrown more touchdowns against the Dolphins than his other AFC East foes combined.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In New York City, State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race against high-profile opponents.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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A number of billionaires collectively spent more than $22 million to back Mamdani’s opponents, according to Forbes.—
Nino Paoli,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Enemies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enemies. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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