detested

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Both parties found voters on the doorsteps who disliked the government and detested the prime minister.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

“I think it’s proper to say that they really detested each other,” said Robert Aldrich, the film’s director.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

"I was not a supporter of British imperialism, in fact I detested it," Yavar tells me.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025

Gaetz, as a man, appears to be widely detested by his former colleagues, given the number willing to publicly lambaste him.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024

He valued her as much as he detested Esteban Trueba.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende