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

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Ethnic Persians are about half the population, and even those who detest the theocratic regime don’t want the country to break up or descend into civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

So can a bridge be built between those who detest the love locks, and those who want them to stay in Bakewell?

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024

“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

They detest all neighboring cities, give nothing away.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Mensah is a maternal figure who insists that Murderbot show its human face, although the cyborg detests eye contact.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025

Judging from his previous term in office, we can be sure that every one of the people around him knows how he detests being disagreed with.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025

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

“The whale abhors chaos; the squid detests order. Is this ship not the bastard child of both?”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

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

I detested “circling back” and “picking low-hanging fruit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

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

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

I detested myself for what I considered the abomination of feeling nothing.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

The former Liga MX star wasn’t shy about detesting powerhouse Tigres UANL.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2021

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

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne