detested
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The process has long been detested by physicians and patients.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The U.S. could soon have the “universally detested Temu Greyhound of the Skies.”
From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026
He "detested his father", according to Neave, and left East Yorkshire for London's fashionable society.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
"I was not a supporter of British imperialism, in fact I detested it," Yavar tells me.
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
She saw Zeus sitting on Mount Ida watching the Trojans conquer, and she thought how she detested him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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