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hateful

[heyt-fuhl] / ˈheɪt fəl /


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“Campy, openly and equally hateful and opportunistic, and above all, shameless.”

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Coventry said at a news conference last week that the IOC has a safeguarding unit that monitors the organization’s social media platforms for hateful messages.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Rep. Delia Ramirez called Fine’s post “despicable, hateful and dangerous.”

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

As well as the ban, Sanchez pledged to change Spanish law to make the chief executives of tech platforms "face criminal liability for failing to remove illegal or hateful content".

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

She took the pins out and said to him, “Well, here in Africa that temple has to do a hateful lot of work in a day.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver