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abhor

verb as in regard with contempt or disgust

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That, however, would require something Generation Z abhors: boredom.

Nature abhors a vacuum and markets aren’t all that keen on it either.

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“We abhor and condemn antisemitism in any form,” the California Teachers Assn., wrote in a July letter to the state Senate Education Committee.

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It is an astonishing, so to speak, over-the-top score, which you either love or abhor for its instrumental vulgarity.

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Political junkies, and the news outlets that service their needs, abhor a vacuum.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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