dislike
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From villages deep in the Amazon rainforest to the agricultural heartlands in the south and sprawling urban favelas, Brazilians are facing a familiar cast -- with many forced to pick who they least dislike.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
If you dislike or even detest this film, I don’t seek to negate your feelings.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
As a result, they may welcome occasions when their originalist analysis leads to results they dislike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
For some, though, the choice is less about a dislike of bold nails and more about simplifying their routine.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
He even began to dislike his friends back home for lacking the powers of logic to puzzle out where he was so they could come to his rescue.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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Cage solved my next problem by insisting that the way to discover new things is to overcome our dependence on our likes and dislikes, those supposed pillars of criticism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Whether or not someone dislikes rankings, one has to acknowledge that there are huge differences in how universities educate students,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Road Runner admits that he sees Coyote, even whenever Wile E. dislikes him or doesn’t think that he’s looking. It’s so nice to be seen like that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
"The challenge goes way beyond just putting AI into a robot," said Lian Jye Su from technology research group Omdia, who dislikes the term "physical AI" for downplaying the complexity of the hardware solutions needed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the second, he dislikes the woman herself.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Half of Americans told Pew they were very concerned about AI's role in the economy, while 59 percent said they disliked political leaders supporting data centers in the respondents' localities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Social media companies are broadly disliked, even while their products remain wildly popular.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Brolin explained exactly what he disliked about the neighborhood, noting: “I like a little grit. You know what I mean? There’s not a lot of grit in Sandy Springs.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
He rarely issued press releases, didn’t convene news conferences, and disliked raising campaign money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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He describes a kind of grief and irritation as Diana becomes public property and then royal property, which irks him even more, disliking the "nonsense of fawning" around the monarchy.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
She was vague about her reasons for disliking Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Some readers confessed to never having seen the film whose soundtrack they love; others even reported disliking it.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
“This idea of disliking your boss and hating your job is as old as time,” Anicich said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
She looked away, wondering if this was a reference to his wife, and disliking him for it.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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