begrudge
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I never begrudge anyone who is a millionaire or billionaire his money—he or she has developed vital products for the masses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
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
Newsom wrote that his mother seemed to begrudge the excursions when her children returned home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2026
Few will begrudge them the chance to add to that while they are in the spotlight.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
Locals were so happy about the “life-giving energy” of federal money that they didn’t even begrudge Holt and his business cronies the tidy profit they made on their real estate speculation.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Nobody begrudges Watkins’ success because she still seems so darned untainted by it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
You will be hard-pressed to find anyone who begrudges her absence from the celebrations; in more than seven decades of service, she has given so much.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
No one begrudges the man who walked behind his mother’s coffin a rush of joy at the birth of his first child.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2019
No one begrudges a colleague trying to get ahead financially.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
Even this little, last joy also destiny begrudges me!
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
Brey said he never begrudged Ryan passing on his first offer.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
Bonds finished his tarnished career with 762, though Aaron never begrudged someone eclipsing his mark.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2021
What I begrudged was the certainty they exuded that they would succeed.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2019
Some people maybe begrudged the fact that he didn’t go, but he was really superstitious and panicked by it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2019
She spoke like an American, with the same expectations of fairness, even fairness belated and begrudged, that she took into medical school all those years ago.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The crowd, which greeted Paul with boos before settling into sullen, begrudging applause when prodded, is fully prepared for a distraction.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
But there are also other familiar faces including John C. McGinley as J.D.’s begrudging mentor Dr. Cox and Judy Reyes as nurse Carla, who also happens to be Turk’s wife.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Refusing, he drags a begrudging, living, Wolverine into his timeline in a bid to save the day.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
I want this to be a sort of begrudging connection.’”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
A champion of champions who would not eat frankfurters or fries from the hand of a begrudging host.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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