begrudge
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Don’t miss: ‘I don’t begrudge them their money’: My husband and I have friends who spend, spend, spend.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
It is difficult to begrudge a restaurant that calculation.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
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
He will have to prove whatever allegations he makes in court — which he has repeatedly appeared to begrudge in recent interviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
It is, in any case, another reason to extol, not begrudge, the fundamental innovativeness of the Ptolemaic state.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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Nobody begrudges Watkins’ success because she still seems so darned untainted by it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
“No one begrudges a nation that generates the most innovative ideas and from them develops the best technology,” John Demers, former assistant attorney general for national security, said in a 2018 hearing before the U.S.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
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
Of course, no one begrudges Ohio State employees a raise if their employer is so painlessly able to afford it.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2019
Who begrudges a moment for the record of her patriotic services and unremitting toil?
From The Women of the Confederacy by J. L. Underwood
All of this makes it strange to contemplate Pratt as a case of a man begrudged yet still watched for the same reason: his averageness.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2022
So are the Devils now begrudged in Denver?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
Over the years, I never cared for them, though I certainly never begrudged anyone who loved them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
It’s love, man, and the love is all around the nation from program to program, openly expressed where it used to be repressed if not begrudged.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2021
It’s dark now and you’ve eaten the begrudged food and counted thousands of seconds and become so angry.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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Canada’s history is a pendulum of violent rejection, reluctant acceptance, begrudging condescension and resigned cohabitation with America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
Experts say this genre, dubbed "AI slop" by some critics and begrudging viewers, is taking over social media feeds.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
McKinnon heard the pride and sadness that crept into her grandmother’s voice and, because hope can’t be sustained indefinitely, a begrudging acceptance of his fate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
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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