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hate

[heyt] / heɪt /




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“Scripture says you can’t love God and hate other people,” Talarico, a seminarian, said in a sermon posted on TikTok in December 2025.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

The two met at dancing class, where Fava was one of Iannotta's pupils, and started performing outdoors regularly in the summer since, as Iannotta puts it, they both "hate sitting around at home".

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Hochman also said that his office has made it a priority to aggressively prosecute hate crimes and push back against allowing perpetrators of violent hate crimes to receive mental health diversion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

There was a video of it posted afterwards and I said: 'I hope he does not get hate.'

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

“Sunridge is something I need to do for me,” I say it again, and I hate that it sounds like I’m begging.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Hal: “Yeah, but it’s the way she hates them.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Jenner hates the paparazzi for invading her privacy but sees no moral quandary in collecting a check from Mark Zuckerberg, who wants to invade everyone’s privacy.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

He hates Obama for making fun of him then.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

"Absolutely not. My father hates football," he said.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

She either loves him because he gets her work or hates him because he doesn’t.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

“I hated that our fans booed her before the game,” Clark said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

“I hated being a cog in a wheel, just moving things around.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

“Game of Thrones” was so great, at least in its early years, because of its deeply drawn characters — we knew them; we loved some and hated others.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

"It made stuff I hated fun," she says.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

He didn’t like the sadness in her big brown eyes, but he hated that no one believed him about Pili even more.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

She started a degree at the London School of Economics, but left after "absolutely hating" student life in the capital, instead deciding to study politics at Nottingham University.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

I was just picturing them both hating how I bastardized their song.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

We’re mostly beyond hating and bragging at this point, happy to be vertical or angled a bit.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

"When you haven't written for a long time, you start being extremely self-critical. So I was hating everything I was coming out with," she said.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2026

I loved the watch until I started hating time.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart




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