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hate

[heyt] / heɪt /




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Instagram’s terms of service prohibit intellectual property violations, spam, illegal content, hate speech, bullying and abuse, self-injury, graphic violence and inappropriate imagery that may include nudity or sexual content.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2026

In July, Jews were the targets of 70% of all hate crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

"It's two or three games. It's two or three games too many because I really hate losing, but that doesn't mean the world caves in. In some minds it does, it can't for us."

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

In a 1998 concert review for The New York Times, writer Ann Powers opened with: “Don’t hate Duncan Sheik because he’s beautiful. He is trying very hard to distance himself from that fact.”

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

I’ve come all this way and hate to turn back, but my return ticket is scheduled for a few hours from now and I have to get back to Washington.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

I use that term intentionally, by the way, because Ellroy hates it.

From Salon Sep. 18, 2026

Wilson built Lululemon into a retailing juggernaut and helped create the athleisure category—a term he has said he hates.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

He added he hates to think about what would have happened if the police had not been in the area and got to him quickly.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

People will say, “Oh, my dog hates all dogs” and then my dog pulls me over and the dog that hates all dogs just melts.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

I know he hates it when people think we might need special help.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

He tried golf, was terrible at it, hated it, and went back to work manufacturing $5 electric toothbrushes because he found it more engaging than the golf course.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

“I am probably the most hated man at most of the equipment shows because I push back on the traditional school of thought,” said Light Chief Executive Nicholas Esayian.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Pete Hegseth may be the most hated man in Washington.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

As she writes in the book, and has said elsewhere, it wasn’t that she hated her baby or feared harming her but instead “a total blackout of emotion, like my soul was dead.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

He didn’t like the sadness in her big brown eyes, but he hated that no one believed him about Pili even more.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

She started a degree at the London School of Economics, but left after "absolutely hating" student life in the capital, instead deciding to study politics at Nottingham University.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

I was just picturing them both hating how I bastardized their song.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Such fabrics are hydrophobic, or water hating, similar to grease and oils.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

I think the character was designed to start hating.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

I was looking for some tiny shred of evidence that I was not to be eternally damned for hating my sister.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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