hated

Example Sentences

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Also read: Wall Street hated these 15 stocks.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

The guys who started this country, some of them hated each other with just as much venom and outrage and indignance as political players hate each other today.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Miller: “Everyone in your kindergarten class hated you. Even Ms. Bebop.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Both candidates in Virginia’s gubernatorial race last year ran on killing the most hated tax in the state—the “personal property tax” on vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

She always hated being talked down to or told that she was too young for something.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix