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Recent Examples of foe After killing them, you're given a temporary special attack that bodies any foe in a single hit. Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025 The Warriors will either start hot and cool off, letting the foe back into the game, or get behind early as their nervous energy deters their 3-point shot. Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 But when presented with such an opportunity, two of the Warriors’ longtime foes sent Golden State to the play-in tournament with a 124-119 overtime defeat. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025 Russian forces hold the advantage in Ukraine, and Kyiv has warned that Moscow is planning a fresh spring offensive to ramp up pressure on its foe and improve its negotiating position. Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foe
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • His opponents called him a fascist, but this only seemed to backfire.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Carole Baskin, an animal rights activist and Maldonado's rival, also starred in the show.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • No rivals, no rows about gifts, no fireworks back home.
    Matt Slater, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Foe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foe. Accessed 5 May. 2025.

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