envy
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That leaves “Beef,” Lee Sung Jin’s anthology series about enmity, envy and the multiple ways that blood orange juice can be made, as the presumptive front-runner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Spain possess an array of attacking talent and midfield riches that would be the envy of most nations.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Some disgruntled loved ones may feel abandoned or envy your decision.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Most companies’ respective managements would envy such results.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
He thought about the American astronauts, imagining their surprise—and envy.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
If your social-worker friend envies your designer clothes, you don’t have to ditch your Prada for rags, but it’s probably better not to festoon your outfit with your biggest diamond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
“Here is a woman who has never been particularly jealous of any other woman, realizing that she deeply envies this chair,” the film’s narrator, voiced by Melanie Griffith, says.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
He envies Robin Williams, whose comedy could cross not only ethnic, racial and religious divides but apparently even the species barrier, if the story told about the gorilla who knows sign language is true.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
All of that drawing the kind of attention every other sport envies.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
Miep often says she envies us because we have such peace and quiet here.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
Men's doubles is one area of the sport where British tennis is undoubtedly envied.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
But as people who shared the experience of being “mocked and feared, blamed and banished, envied and imitated,” often allied, sometimes antagonists, theirs is a special case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
Some former classmates are speculating about his mental health and whether he envied Loureiro’s successful career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Entrepreneurs envied Cummings’ import success and wanted a piece of the action.
From Slate ● May 25, 2025
How bitterly he envied men like Henry Foster and Benito Hoover!
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Scott admits to envying Turturro for all the scenes he had with Walken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
It’s during the voice-over when Henry recalls as a boy envying the wiseguys who hung out at the pizza parlor and taxi stand across the street from his home.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2022
You are rebounding, on your own two feet, when you find yourself envying other writers again, just a bit.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2021
She might be several years younger than Jo but is an educated adult woman, and envying her orphan cousin is morally repugnant.
From Slate ● May 5, 2021
Fadi sat in the front seat, envying Noor, who didn’t start high school till later that week.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Vocabulary lists containing envy
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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