disgust
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Motivations include saving money, giving items to charity and disgust at how often perfectly usable items are being consigned to waste - or a combination of all three.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Watching someone insist on their version of reality in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary evokes all manner of emotions: disgust, anger, disbelief, admiration and, of course, doubt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Galán declined to be interviewed for Carr’s documentary, having been thoroughly raked over the coals once the public’s visceral disgust with “The Swan” got it canceled after its second season.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Then there’s shame and disgust, the inhibitions that nature uses to turn humans into social beings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“I don’t like it,” Pita scrunched her chubby face in disgust when they propped the dressed body up against the mesquite’s trunk.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Mr. Berge uses these stories to illustrate one of his recurring themes: What disgusts in one context can delight in another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Last year’s film kind of disgusts me a little bit when I look at myself,” Thibodeaux said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Monica Missio, the mother of victim Nicholas Cleves, told the courtroom: "It disgusts me that he gets to wake up every day while my son does not."
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
“It really disgusts me,” said Romain Le Riguer, a 20-year-old literature student, who had spontaneously come to the plaza.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2023
He was opening and shutting his mouth and licking his lips, much as a cat does when something disgusts it.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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Monet was so disgusted by his country’s moral descent following the Dreyfus Affair that he stopped painting recognizable French subjects, concentrating for the rest of his life instead on his water lilies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
“I resent those who consider me talented for I am not. . . . I am disgusted with everything.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
John Green, of the Ashfield Community Action Group, said: "We are disgusted that the Ashfield Independents have voted a convicted fraudster onto the planning a committee."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
No wonder disgusted fans have protested both inside and outside Angel Stadium all summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Velia let out a disgusted groan and rolled her eyes.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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It’s an unabashedly disgusting R-rated horror entry that plays with a longstanding suspicion of mine: There’s something scary about Method actors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Vance said he was “disgusted”—not by the disgusting ad, but by the Republicans who criticized it and who should instead “stop whining.”
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
In an open letter to The Columbus Dispatch newspaper, the city's former mayor Michael Coleman called the ad "the most vile, disgusting and lowest point I have ever seen in 35 years of political engagement."
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
It’s Hurts’ turn to receive some of that same criticism, I suppose, but what fuels it is especially disgusting.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
Rabiya thinks cooked carrots are disgusting and picked them all out, but I love the way the slightly sweet rice mixes with salty ground beef kabobs and chunks of juicy chicken.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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