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hater

[hey-ter] / ˈheɪ tər /


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Call me a Dow hater, if you must.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

You can be the biggest New York sports hater on the planet, I understand, but how do you not love this player, this team, just a little?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Perhaps it’s one long defense of being a hater, as a Forbes story published a few weeks ago posits.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2025

Bolling nodded his approval as he claimed that the onetime crypto hater Trump was the reason he’s now a true believer, not just a speculator.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2025

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin




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