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abhorring



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All had the backbone to join multiple Republicans in sharply abhorring the scandal.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 21, 2020

Politically, he remained exceptionally conservative, abhorring social unrest and invariably supporting law and order.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2017

The Legion sought a more national and collective or communal basis for the economy, while abhorring the materialism of capitalism and of socialism.

From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2017

The libretto, by Mr. Morrison and John Cox, an opera director and Wilde scholar, is a high-minded affair, preaching tolerance and abhorring bigotry at every turn.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2013

Those were the days of the time-honoured legends about Nature "abhorring a vacuum," tolerating no "breaks," and the wonders of her "curative force".

From Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles by W. R. Washington Sullivan


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