detest
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His exile to the archives provided him with the arsenal of ammunition he used against the system he came to detest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
She wants revenge without dwelling on its cause or her trauma — a word Hester would surely detest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
Not only do the Fremen detest colonizers mining their planet for spice and often attack them, the mining operation is also a dangerous activity in and of itself.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
His detractors are loathe to admit this because they would then have to admit that they too are oddly compelled towards him even as they detest him.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024
If there is one thing I really detest, it is having someone look at his watch as he is talking to me.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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
"He does not want to back down, and he does want to take on Pierre Poilievre, whom he detests," he said.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024
Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
How she changes her look almost daily—how she detests the idea of choosing one royal appearance for life.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
The U.S. could soon have the “universally detested Temu Greyhound of the Skies.”
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
As much as he detested the abuse that officials received, he was clear that fielding some boos was part of the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
It was not that Morgause courted invisibility—indeed, she would have detested it, because she was beautiful.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
There’s messaging about neighbors with different political views co-existing amicably – or, if not that, detesting each other for reasons other than politics.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025
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
A reader called me out on it, saying that there’s a difference between disagreeing with a position and detesting a person.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2021
You congratulate yourselves for the most part,... on detesting infidelity, and on respecting religion.
From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson
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