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Meanings of common enemy in English

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Usage of common enemy in English
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Since we had a common enemy, we got along well right away.
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2
The threat from an emerging common enemy may be galvanizing their efforts.
Reuters
3
Here in Kentucky, they sometimes reckoned the U.S. government a common enemy.
American empire: blood and iron
4
All internal differences were forgotten in the presence of the common enemy.
South American Fights and Fighters, and Other Tales of Adventure
5
We too have suffered in fighting with you against the common enemy.
Jem
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In other words, families made common cause against the common enemy, Want.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
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Yes, he was the common enemy, the destroyer of our life-giving illusions.
Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
8
Rattlesnakes he knew also, as the common enemy of men and cattle.
Cow-Country
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Our common enemy has spilled the blood of our people as well.
To Honor You Call Us
10
Europe's true common enemy was not Russia or China, but terrorism, he said.
The Guardian
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Western countries and Russia say they have a common enemy in Islamic State.
Reuters
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Today, NATO and Russia can and should cooperate to defeat this common enemy.
Wired
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It's one thing to call for war against a common enemy.
Quest for honour
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Shouldn't we be working with America to defeat our common enemy?
Beautiful assassin
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They even considered the possibility of a Church reunited against the common enemy.
Christianity: the first three thousand years
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We share a common enemy, but does that make us friends?
Insurgent
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