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Co-signers include the Open Markets Institute, an anti-monopoly advocacy and research group in Washington that tends to despise Big Tech, and the Writer’s Guild.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

But it has also triggered an unexpected wave of nostalgia, with some Delhi residents expressing affection for a place they often claimed to despise.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

“As I understand ‘The View,’ which I despise, that’s what they do.

From Salon ● May 13, 2026

It feels like a gift, and there’s always a risk the bunt isn’t executed correctly, another reason the nerds despise it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Rowan wanted to despise all of this, but there was something about honing one’s skill, no matter the nature of that skill, that was rewarding.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

To deal with others, he has sent Karoline Leavitt, his pep secretary, into the Brady Briefing Room to handle the reporters he despises.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

There are few things Friedman despises more than a deadline trade.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

But Donio isn’t giving up his 2020 Audi A4, which he enjoys despite it having the feature he despises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

“I am thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be homeland security secretary and senior adviser to the president,” referring to Noem and Stephen Miller, whom Tillis also despises.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026

She and Wil are visiting Anna, whom he sarcastically refers to as his “charming sister,” the one who despises him.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

It’s about understanding that that the removal of a single despised figurehead isn’t enough.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

With even weaker religious credentials than his father, Mr. Khamenei owes his accession to the hereditary principle despised by the 1979 revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Hamilton despised those with “no principle but to get money.”

From Barron's ● Mar. 1, 2026

There were moments where I just despised him, just didn’t want to be around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2025

For those at the time it meant that Hamilton became a martyr to the dying cause of Federalism and Burr became the most despised national leader since Benedict Arnold.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Haney reminded jurors that despising the rich isn’t a crime, much less an abnormal opinion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

“Everything Cohen says about adulating, and then despising Trump, is bolstered and corroborated by massive other evidence.”

From Salon ● May 16, 2024

Those who feel themselves despised do well to look despising.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley