Sentence examples for as a potential foe from inspiring English sources

The compromise announced on Thursday sidelines the Oneidas as a potential foe of expansion.

The campaign found itself defending Mr. Giuliani's actions as a potential foe in the Republican race, Fred Thompson, called for tougher sanctions on Iran and a possible blockade of the country to foment regime change.

Russian military commanders acknowledge that they see China as a potential foe, even as official statements continue to focus on the alleged threat from the United States and NATO.

When the agreement was signed in 2010, concluding two years of negotiations, the security climate was dramatically different, and Russia wasn't widely seen as a potential foe.

In an article on the political Web site politicsnj.com, the author, Steve Kornacki wrote, "It's tempting to wonder if a Governor Corzine might offer Codey the appointment to his U.S. Senate seat, simply as a way of removing a potential foe from the Trenton scene".

Officials didn't want to look as if they were in a personal spat with a potential foe in the 2012 elections, Dunn says.

Ballistic missiles are only one of several ways a potential foe could subject the United States to nuclear threat or attack.

Did he find it uncomfortable asking Mr Clinton to raise money for a potential foe of Al Gore, Mr Clinton's loyal vice-president?

Mostly a friend, potential foe.

"Israel sees Hezbollah as the only true potential foe.

The necessity of classifying each person one came across as vous or tu, outsider or insider, potential foe or friend, seemed at best a pomposity and at worst an act of paranoia.