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Recent Examples of archfoe
On Monday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup slapped restrictions on ride-hailing giant Uber’s driverless car research in a trade secrets civil lawsuit filed by archfoe Waymo, Google’s autonomous car project.
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Russ Mitchell, latimes.com, 16 May 2017
Russ Mitchell, latimes.com, 16 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for archfoe
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They are professedly based on hunches that the enemy will attack, occupy or conquer at some future time unless the enemy is obliterated.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
24 July 2025
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Synthetic data becomes a strategic blind spot by creating sameness, and sameness is the enemy of competitive advantage.—
Jēnna Reese,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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Pro-government networks and broadsheets portrayed Pakistan as an archenemy that Indian forces would soon vanquish.—
Vaibhav Vats,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2025
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Barkov has created a welcoming environment in the Panthers’ locker room, helping new players like Nate Schmidt and former Florida archenemy Brad Marchand quickly mesh with the team culture.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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The club’s 48 points are the most league-wide, but fellow Eastern Conference foes Nashville SC and Philadelphia Union aren’t far behind.—
Jenny Catlin,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Ernst said warm things about Nikki Haley, Trump’s top primary foe, but quickly backed him after Haley dropped out in 2024.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
23 July 2025
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SSBNs are strong nuclear deterrents as they are expected to survive an adversary’s first strike.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
2 Aug. 2025
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Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp has been a vocal proponent of protecting U.S. interests and joining forces on AI to fend off adversaries.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
1 Aug. 2025
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His ability to box out an opponent for a rebound is something he’s carried to the football field with jump balls.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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The Riverside sheriff had two months’ head start against his GOP opponent, former Fox News host Steve Hilton, who entered the race in April and raised more than $1.5 million.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Iron Man 3' (2013) The results are only so-so as Tony Stark tussles with PTSD, criminally underused antagonist Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) and yawn-worthy villain Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Tamar’s main antagonist in Season 1 is Faraz Kamali, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’s counter-intelligence division.—
Michael M. Rosen,
The Washington Examiner,
25 July 2025
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“Archfoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archfoe. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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