begrudge
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No one — not your brother, who relies on you, nor your parents, who are long gone — should or, I hope, would begrudge you the time for your own passions and pursuits.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
And who could begrudge the two sisters their happily-ever-after?
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
The cops last night were like, “We don’t begrudge you for saying ‘manifesto.’
From Slate • Jun. 17, 2025
Partnered people begrudge the pressure; single people resent the condescension.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025
“If you begrudge Maury your food, why aren’t you man enough to say so to his face. To ridicule him before the children, behind his back.”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing begrudge
Grade 9, List 6
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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This Week in Words : January 19 - 25, 2019
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