Sentence examples for major adversaries from inspiring English sources
In announcing the money at a press conference, the governor was joined by all the major adversaries in the case, in a display of harmony that stood in stark contrast to the shouting matches and picketing that once punctuated public meetings about the schools.
One of Gates's major adversaries in the Web-serving business, Netscape, is far more open-minded.
In the process, we lessen today's ability to deter non-nuclear conflict, at any level, with prospective major adversaries (read: China and Russia) while simultaneously policing against the second-tier (read: Iran, N. Korea, Venezuela) with varying ties to the first.
Kurdish fighters affiliated with the leftist PKK are the major adversaries of the Islamic militants in Kobani and at other contested zones in Syria along the Turkish border.
Nevertheless, at least in the face of their major adversary, the Durrānī clan and its allies, these chiefdoms came together to present a united front.
Perhaps tellingly, the Clinton Administration chose last week to extend a new olive branch to Iran, a major adversary for 21 years but also a pivotal member of OPEC.
It also raised new doubts about American efforts to undermine a major adversary in a stronghold that has proved largely impervious to political and military pressure.
And he rejected those who predict the nation will not face off against a major adversary in the foreseeable future, saying that the United States has, throughout history, never accurately predicted the next war.
The new chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen, expressed deep concerns that the long counterinsurgency missions in Iraq and Afghanistan have so consumed the military that the Army and Marine Corps may be unprepared for a high-intensity war against a major adversary.
Krebs notes that these extortion attempts are coming up against a major adversary – the US Postal Service.
The success of Skype, which for millions of people made international calling effectively free, saw him become a major adversary to the incumbent telecommunications industry.
