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“Squaring up yet again, Ian Shuttleworth of the Financial Times and his bete noir, Tim Walker of the Sunday Telegraph.”

The Guardian: Hugh Muir's diary

“Wooller was our bete noire; the first time I ever heard boos on a sports field was one afternoon at Cheltenham when he came out to bat.”

The Guardian: Madcap Wilf Wooller created my Glamorgan angst | Frank Keating

“At the same time, inflation is the historical bete noir of the Brazilian economy.”

The Wall Street Journal: Brazil Raises Key Interest Rate; Move is Smaller

“A miasma of lunchtime kick-offs, the bete noir of all serious football fans, will now determine who is promoted to the Premier League and who will make the play-offs.”

The Guardian: Endless sprawl of fixtures fills cups with thin gruel and a bad taste | Paul Hayward

“Hoover's bete noire -- and the one man he could not break -- was Martin Luther”

A Conversation with James Ellroy author of The Cold Six Thousand

“Right-to-work laws make union membership and dues voluntary for all workers, and they are thus the bete noire of labor unions, which see them as a threat to their political clout.”

The Wall Street Journal: Show Me the Jobs

“Mitt Romney before being adopted by Democrats and becoming a bete noire of conservatives.”

The Washington Post: An interview with Mark Pauly, father of the individual mandate

“Even Boutin, long a bete-noire for gay-rights groups, has "eased up" on her positions on issues of homosexuality over the years, Corbin said.”

The Huffington Post: French Gay Marriage Ban Is Constitutional: Watchdog

“He was also sent to snoop on the Labour MP and Murdochian bete noir Tom Watson.”

The Guardian: Hugh Muir's diary