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- noun Alternative spelling of
archenemy .
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Examples
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Leila Benhamza's Queen of the Night was musically accurate, and I was moved at the end when she took the hand of her former arch-enemy, Sarastro.
A Magical 'Flute' Without the Fanfare Paul Levy 2011
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They now have to agree with Pelosi, their arch-enemy, or abandon one of their major talking points.
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For them to bring a truce to this perpetual warfare, to marry their daughters to the arch-enemy, were treason and blasphemy of the highest order.
The Son of the Wolf 2010
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Nuclear weapons offer Pakistan insurance against invasion from arch-enemy India, which enjoys otherwise overwhelming military, demographic and economic advantages.
Pakistan's Nuclear Albatross Sadanand Dhume 2011
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But his arch-enemy, Baptise the Red (an Indian), will not let him, primarily because Baptise wants Stockard to admit that there is no God.
“The Kipling of the Klondike”: Naturalism in London's Early Fiction 2010
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Cox, arch-enemy of Washingtonians everywhere, also described Ovechkin as "a team-oriented guy ... trying to play a team game," and talked at length about how much Bruce Boudreau and his teammates "love the guy."
Hockey prospects choose Ovechkin over Crosby Dan Steinberg 2010
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Reality intersects with delusion in the mind of Arthur Poppington (Woody Harrelson), a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as Defendor, and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch-enemy, Captain Industry.
Woody Harrelson’s DEFENDOR Trailer « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2010
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The death of his arch-enemy led Snart to leave the world of crime and he worked briefly as a bounty hunter with his sister Lisa (the Golden Glider).
Hero/Villain of the week! « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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This is Thulsa Doom, one day to be a major arch-enemy to Kull and Conan, necromancer and mastermind, what do you think?
Review: Thulsa Doom #3 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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For them to bring a truce to this perpetual warfare, to marry their daughters to the arch-enemy, were treason and blasphemy of the highest order.
The Sun of the Wolf 2010
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