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dislike

[dis-lahyk] / dɪsˈlaɪk /




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One of the world's most versatile actors, he mastered both comedy and tragedy, science-fiction and historical drama - despite the entertainment industry's traditional dislike of bald heads.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

“I know with the Democratic Club and many other clubs, there’s been loud dislike with us,” Tedesco said.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

He appears to sincerely dislike the idea that his candidacy should be a story about his identity at all.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Mom doesn’t dislike the way you dress,” Dad said.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

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

"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

She said there are few foods she dislikes but she is especially fond of steak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Once that message is well and truly ingrained in you, it feels like vainglory to imagine one’s own likes and dislikes could matter to other people.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

She’s won praise for removing a widely disliked Xbox AI assistant and making it easier for people who own games on discs to get digital copies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

And he was not sure what he disliked more now, imagining Madu as his monitor or realizing that he cared very much what Madu thought.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

"People are increasingly disliking each other," says Prof Sander van der Linden, who researches social psychology at the University of Cambridge.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026

When the bubble is big enough, it shifts the behavior of the market as a whole from disliking capital expenditure, and hating speculative capital spending in particular, to loving it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 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

Far from disliking Aron, he loved him because he was usually the cause for Cal’s feelings of triumph.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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