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The two politicians were archenemies.
The country went to war with its archenemy.
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Her father was a consul; her brother, Clodius Pulcher, was a powerful demagogue and the archenemy of Cicero.
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Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
The younger Assad avoided direct confrontation with Israel but provided its archenemy, Iran, with key supply routes to Tehran’s armed proxy groups, most notably Hezbollah in Lebanon, which fired thousands of rockets at Israel during the Israel-Hamas war.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
After watching its archenemy India go nuclear, meanwhile, Pakistan started its covert nuclear program in the 1970s.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2025
For the movies’ original bad boy and archenemy to Daniel, Johnny Lawrence, played by William Zabka, Cobra Kai overall was a cautionary tale about the lifelong impact on a child if care and naturing is absent from a cherished parent or mentor.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
The younger Assad avoided direct confrontation with Israel but provided its archenemy, Iran, with key supply routes to Tehran’s armed proxy groups, most notably Hezbollah in Lebanon, which fired thousands of rockets at Israel during the Israel-Hamas war.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN, 14 Mar. 2025
After watching its archenemy India go nuclear, meanwhile, Pakistan started its covert nuclear program in the 1970s.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2025
For the movies’ original bad boy and archenemy to Daniel, Johnny Lawrence, played by William Zabka, Cobra Kai overall was a cautionary tale about the lifelong impact on a child if care and naturing is absent from a cherished parent or mentor.
—Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Archenemy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/archenemy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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archenemy
noun
arch·en·e·my
(ˈ)ärch-ˈen-ə-mē 
: a principal enemy
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