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hateful

[heyt-fuhl] / ˈheɪt fəl /


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In the posts, Bourguet described Kirk as an "evil man" and suggested he had dedicated his life to hateful causes.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

“These hateful and despicable attacks have no place in our city,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The commission will also look at social media's "gaps and weaknesses in the detection and removal of hateful content in a timely manner", Lancaster said.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

“I did some digging because I couldn’t believe something that hateful existed,” he says of the network, specifically its landmark $787-million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Not from Gebu, not from beatings and hunger, not from Ibni and his hateful wineskins.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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