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loathe

[lohth] / loʊð /


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In “Fan Mail: A Guide to What We Love, Loathe, and Mourn,” he is quick to praise those works of film, fiction and poetry he loves and equally quick to pan those he hates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

"Loathe to give the band more publicity," said Alliance leader Naomi Long, "but as a community we need to start asking ourselves what messages we're sending out about the kind of future we want."

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

Loathe him or defend him, Allen has nothing to prove anymore.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024

After an Upshot article about strategic voting — “You Say You Loathe Ted Cruz? You Still Might Want to Vote for Him”— one reader had a question:

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2016

O world-kissing eyes Which the blue heavens melt to; I, sad, overwise, Loathe the sweet looks dealt to All things—men and flies.

From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett




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