principal enemy

Examples (10)

• The general identified the northern fleet as the principal enemy they had to defeat.
• For the revolutionary movement, complacency was the principal enemy of progress.
• The small startup knew that the multinational corporation was their principal enemy in the market.
• The surgeon declared that infection was now the principal enemy to the patient's recovery.
• He came to realize that his own self-doubt had been his principal enemy all along.
• During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was considered the principal enemy of the United States.
• In that ecosystem, the wolf is the principal enemy of the deer population.
• The new mayor stated that apathy is the principal enemy of civic engagement.
• The intelligence report was clear: the spy ring's principal enemy was a rival agency.
• Before launching the product, we must analyze the strengths of our principal enemy.