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Among the attributes of Lena Dunham that her detractors detest is the quality of her voice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Not only does the Korean magnate understandably detest that style, she has no love for Lindsay either.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

“I detest it, the mere idea of it,” Freeman told Variety in a recent interview about “The Gray House,” a historical drama series about the work of Union spies during the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

Not only do the Fremen detest colonizers mining their planet for spice and often attack them, the mining operation is also a dangerous activity in and of itself.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

“There is no culture or refinement here. That’s what I detest about this restaurant,” Zell said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

She said she detests the shift toward app and kiosk ordering at locations in her area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"He does not want to back down, and he does want to take on Pierre Poilievre, whom he detests," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024

When he pens an exploitative work, like another recent bestseller he detests, he is astonished to get a lucrative publishing deal and a movie offer.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

Gauguin detests “messing about in the medium,” he tells Bernard.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

She detested the East Coast avatars of apocalypse, like Nathanael West, who saw only doom and gloom in sunny L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

A boisterous protest greeted fans arriving at SoFi stadium in Los Angeles, with demonstrators waving the pre-revolutionary flag detested by the leaders of the Islamic republic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Hockney detested the "cultural bossiness of New Labour" and joined the Countryside March in protest.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

Unlike the chaplain, Corporal Whitcomb detested the seclusion of the clearing in the woods.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“I’ve always had this sort of magical-thinking way of detesting my previous books as a way of pushing myself forward,” she told the Washington Square Review in 2015.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

Also detesting the invasion is Maria Yumasheva, the 19-year-old daughter of Russian real estate developer Valentin Yumashev and his wife Tatyana Borisovna.

From Fox News ● Mar. 5, 2022

Fearing the power of the Huguenots and detesting their faith, the Guises created the Catholic League, an armed militia of Catholics that included armed monks, townsfolk, and soldiers.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

If you already detest Dr. Phil, they will shore up your conviction that he is indeed worth detesting.

From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017

He, too, was secretly unnerved, and, when they entered the carriage, they seated themselves as far apart as possible, the marquis detesting the lady and she for her part disliking him just as cordially.

From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher