John Battelle

It's not easy being number two. As a marketer, you have limited choices - you can pretend you're not defined by the market leader, or, you can embrace your position and go directly after your nemesis.

American Businessman

Jack Nicklaus

The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.

American Golfer

Marina and the Diamonds

Love is really my nemesis. I never really allowed myself to indulge in such basic things because I was so motivated and thought that if I did I wouldn't succeed.

Welsh Musician

Kaitlin Olson

I was really shy and kept to the theater department. I was keeping my eyes down when I walked through the halls. So, no nemesis. Not in high school, anyway.

American Actress

David Agus

Cancer is the ultimate nemesis that hangs in the balance for one in three women and one in two men in their lifetime.

Jennifer O'Neill

My nemesis - my downfall, if you will - was relationships, and trying to fulfill them.

Skyler Samuels

TV shows always pit girls against each other; there's always a nemesis.

Eric Johnson

I have played my fair share of bad guys, or at least the nemesis.

Canadian Actor

David Lyons

The measure of a superhero is always his nemesis.

Australian Actor

Bret Hart

Canadian Wrestler

Use 'nemesis' for something or someone that always seems to defeat or outdo a person, often creating ongoing strife.

Unbeatable Challenge

'Nemesis' often signifies a particular person's long-standing rival, implying deep-seated competition.

Personal Opposition

In stories, 'nemesis' is commonly used to describe the main antagonist or villain who opposes the hero.

Pop Culture Reference

Use 'nemesis' for an outcome that rightly comes to someone due to their own actions, often negative in nature.

Deserved Fate

A 'nemesis' can represent an ironic twist where someone's downfall is caused by an attribute they took pride in.

Irony in Events

Authors use 'nemesis' to hint at upcoming retribution, creating suspense around a character's potential downfall.

Literary Device

'Nemesis' refers to a goddess, so use it to connect modern concepts of retribution to ancient myth.

Mythology Reference

Understanding 'nemesis' in its historical context enriches its usage, linking it to themes of morality and justice.

Historical Context

 magazine story which includes a detailed map of the mountain it's in the february issue of national geographic plus nemesis got a new memoir out about climbing the 14 highest peaks in the world in record time it's called beyond possible i've read it and i couldn't put it down also if you're wondering about the

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 Because doodling is so universally accessible and it is not intimidating as an art form, it can be leveraged as a portal through which we move people into higher levels of visual literacy. My friends, the doodle has never been the nemesis of intellectual thought. In reality, it is one of its greatest allies.

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 And I wore it whenever I could, thinking it was the most fabulous thing I owned. Until one day in ninth grade, when I was standing with a number of the football players. And my body had clearly changed, and Matt, who was undeniably my nemesis in high school, said in a booming voice that

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 and Saleem’s nemesis Shiva, a gifted warrior. With his powers of telepathy, Saleem forges connections with a vast network of the children of midnight— including a figure who can step through time and mirrors,

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 This robot will soon be obsolete, because of new explanatory knowledge, progress. But from the cosmic perspective, explanatory knowledge is the nemesis of the hierarchy rule.

After billions of years...

 lots of the foxes natural prey are found in parks and gardens but there's also a chance of running into their nemesis dogs they will hunt but the main reason

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 of animal getting the upper hand the more numerous a species becomes the more likely it will be attacked by its nemesis a cordis EPS fungus

Attack of the Killer...

 penguins to navigate through but in addition to that they have to face their nemesis the leopard seal is three meters long it's enormous

The Antarctic's...

 but I'm no hero. I carried my payload back downstairs where I met my nemesis and the precious dog by the front door.

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 But as they forage off the coast of one small island their greatest nemesis is approaching.

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