adversary
noun
a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
adversaries
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pluralof adversary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Instead, he imposed and removed tariffs at will on adversaries and allies alike often in the service of some personal whimsy, drawing at least one prominent rebuke from the courts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“We’ve been friends a long time and, yes, we’ve been adversaries as well, but most of the time we’ve been friends,” Villaraigosa told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Potential adversaries will have to consider that any shipping container at an Australian wharf could have a Ghost Shark in it, he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Marine in Iraq, because America’s adversaries had such little capability in this field.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Their authors often were adversaries of the Indians they wrote about, usually did not speak the necessary languages, and almost always had an agenda other than empathetic description of indigenous folkways.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
