detested

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The process has long been detested by physicians and patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

The U.S. could soon have the “universally detested Temu Greyhound of the Skies.”

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

A return to the top was a distant dream amid the dramas of two groundshares with Northampton and Birmingham, a detested ownership in Sisu, multiple protests and parliamentary mentions.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

"I was not a supporter of British imperialism, in fact I detested it," Yavar tells me.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

She saw Zeus sitting on Mount Ida watching the Trojans conquer, and she thought how she detested him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton