common enemy
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An enemy shared by two or more people or groups, often causing them to unite.
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- They united in the face of a common enemy.
- The two rival nations found themselves fighting against a common enemy.
- Poverty became their common enemy, bringing the community together.
- Despite their differences, they shared a common enemy in corruption.
- The alliance was formed to defeat their common enemy.
- Climate change is humanity's common enemy.
- The competing companies joined forces against their common enemy in the market.
- Disease became the common enemy of all mankind.
- The rebel groups identified the dictator as their common enemy.
- Ignorance was recognized as the common enemy of progress.