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- noun Plural form of
enemy .
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Examples
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_But your faith is not my faith_, David, who was to be called Daoud, thought, not daring to speak, _and your enemies are not my enemies_.
The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Robert Shea 1963
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We are not, indeed, to eat with them, but we may exercise all Christian charity towards them, and give them to eat, if we see them in hunger, as we ought to all our enemies; only we are to consider them distinctly as our _enemies_: that is to say, enemies of our Master, Christ; and servants of Satan.
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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Her use of the term "enemies", rather than rivals, amuses me.
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Regardless, his policy of no preconditions bargaining with our enemies is a failure to differentiate policy and and techniques, which are very different things.
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Talking tough and not engaging our enemies is a dumb policy.
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This also goes to show you that Obama's point about talking to your enemies is an example that we can all forgive the Clinton's and unite with their supporters to defeat the real enemy.
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OUR historey tells us that talking to our enemies is a good Idea,
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There are too many Americans dumb enough to think that being well-thought-of by our enemies is a bad thing, and McCain is willing to take political advantage of that stupidity.
McCain: 'It's very clear who Hamas wants' in the White House 2008
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Frankly, it is very scary to see how quickly you term enemies and seek to destroy them.
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The other obvious advantage that Obama has in facing the world and our enemies is his record on the Iraq War.
giveandgo commented on the word enemies
Make friends, not enemies.
October 21, 2008