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Adversaries should know that the president is willing to deploy force, even at a political cost, in sustained defense of U.S. interests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Adversaries like Russian submarines operating covertly in or near British waters, suspected of working with spy ships to map the UK's vital undersea cables and pipelines.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

There’s considerable urgency: Adversaries are already spreading AI-generated deepfakes aimed at undermining U.S. interests.

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024

Adversaries could disrupt satellite operations by attacking land-based command-and-control systems or data relay stations.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Nor do these Jacobites confine their Drollery to their Adversaries without, but exercise it on one another, as may be seen in their late Dispute about King Edward the Sixth’s Liturgy.

From A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) by Collins, Anthony