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as in enemy
one that is hostile toward another
are you friend or foe?
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as in opponent
one that takes a position opposite another in a competition or conflict
this Saturday our team will go up against our longtime foes in a game that will determine the champion of the conference
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Recent Examples of foe
China has appeared in Trump’s rallies and press conferences as a monstrous adversary, a foe whom only Trump can subdue.
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Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Longtime Southwest Conferences foes Texas Tech and Arkansas get reacquainted in the Liberty Bowl.
—Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The latest fracas between bickering foes India and Pakistan has finally ended after a resolution was resolved following months of warring almost jeopardized the upcoming Champions Trophy.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
But as the Rams (9-6) prepare for the rematch this weekend with their NFC West foe, the contrast with their current standing couldn’t be more stark.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 23 Dec. 2024
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Yan Xuetong, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
Longtime Southwest Conferences foes Texas Tech and Arkansas get reacquainted in the Liberty Bowl.
—Dan Santaromita, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The latest fracas between bickering foes India and Pakistan has finally ended after a resolution was resolved following months of warring almost jeopardized the upcoming Champions Trophy.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
But as the Rams (9-6) prepare for the rematch this weekend with their NFC West foe, the contrast with their current standing couldn’t be more stark.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foe
Noun
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The system is often the enemy in Eastwood’s movies.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Historically the enemies of Christian America were secular humanists, feminists and then more recently Democrats and the woke.John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
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Penn State’s defense has limited how often opponents score inside the red zone at the fourth-best rate in the nation.NBC News, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Thoughts now turn to Trudeau’s successor, with Conservative opponent Pierre Poilievre the favorite, although general elections won’t take place for some time.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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Adding a new route just meant winning over a new contractor, when larger rivals who owned buses had to find drivers, mechanics and garages from scratch.Iain Martin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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While that deal will continue generating headlines as the new owner’s strategy sharpens, a trio of the Traitors super-indie’s biggest rivals are heavily rumored to be on the block.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Foe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foe. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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