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The two politicians were archenemies.
The country went to war with its archenemy.
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Iran, an archenemy of the Israeli state, has continued this year backing Hamas, Lebanese Hezbollah and the Houthi rebels in Yemen, three regional nonstate groups that have each vowed to destroy Israel.
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Israel launches risky phase of fighting Israel has been emboldened by its recent battlefield gains against Hezbollah and appears intent on delivering a knockout blow to its archenemy.
—Josef Federman, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Diplomats, analysts and officials throughout the region and in the West agree that an all-out war between Iran and Israel would be devastating, quite likely more for the Islamic Republic than its archenemy.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
But this time, after beating the familiar archenemy, a purple rift starts to swallow Link whole.
—James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 25 Sep. 2024
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Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Israel launches risky phase of fighting Israel has been emboldened by its recent battlefield gains against Hezbollah and appears intent on delivering a knockout blow to its archenemy.
—Josef Federman, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Diplomats, analysts and officials throughout the region and in the West agree that an all-out war between Iran and Israel would be devastating, quite likely more for the Islamic Republic than its archenemy.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
But this time, after beating the familiar archenemy, a purple rift starts to swallow Link whole.
—James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Archenemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archenemy. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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archenemy
noun
arch·en·e·my
(ˈ)ärch-ˈen-ə-mē 
: a principal enemy
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