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adversary

[ad-ver-ser-ee] / ˈæd vərˌsɛr i /


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The trickiest tool is export controls, or restricting cutting-edge technology, like advanced AI chips, from reaching an adversary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

But the conflict has also seen the re-emergence as a key US partner of India's traditional adversary Pakistan, which has positioned itself as a mediator, with its powerful army chief flying Friday to Tehran.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

If the government wants to know whether a model can meaningfully assist cyberattacks, biological misuse or autonomous weapons development, it shouldn’t publish a checklist every lab can optimize against and every adversary can study.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

He is cultivating Mr. Xi as a partner now, not an adversary.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The cat uttered another banshee scream and stepped forward with a stiff-legged, sideways movement, his squinting, terrible eyes fixed on his enormous adversary.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford




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