Vocabulary
Foe
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
an enemy or opponent.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Police must understand that the media is neither a friend nor a foe.Professionalism must define their relationship.
Dawn Editorials —
Symbiotic linkage
— 2026-04-28
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Talks on key issues failed mainly due to mistrust as their sequential resolution over time involves many stages where one foe takes a step alone before the other reciprocates.
Dawn Editorials —
Back to an abyss?
— 2026-04-14
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ISRAEL says Iran wants to destroy it and uses the charge to justify the war on its reviled foe.Too many American politicians believe also that Iran seeks to destroy their country.
Dawn Editorials —
How Iran eyes 100pc success
— 2026-03-31
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The myths of who is safe, who is right, who is a friend or foe have altered.
Dawn Editorials —
Diminished Dubai
— 2026-03-14
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This was unsurprising as IS-K is the Taliban`s bitter foe.
Dawn Editorials —
Frozen relationship
— 2026-02-16
Synonyms
enemy, adversary, opponent, rival, nemesis, antagonist, combatant, challenger
Curator example
“his work was praised by friends and foes alike”
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About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
