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detest

[dih-test] / dɪˈtɛst /


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Some musicians have said they detest AI music, but casual listeners may not care how a track is made if they find it catchy.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Carey shares that he used to detest wealthy people, before laughing and noting the irony — his career has made him rich.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2025

So can a bridge be built between those who detest the love locks, and those who want them to stay in Bakewell?

From BBC Aug. 4, 2024

Not only do the Fremen detest colonizers mining their planet for spice and often attack them, the mining operation is also a dangerous activity in and of itself.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2024

Nana Dee and Aunt J detest each other.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

She said she detests the shift toward app and kiosk ordering at locations in her area.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Reilly said he loves being able to offer affordable food, as he "detests" waste of any kind.

From BBC May 27, 2026

Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.

From Reuters Oct. 23, 2023

Crawford detests being out of the lineup for any reason.

From Seattle Times Jun. 21, 2023

“The only person that made any sense in the dream was Professor Tupper. I mean he was the only person that was there that I know really detests me.”

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

A boisterous protest greeted fans arriving at SoFi stadium in Los Angeles, with demonstrators waving the pre-revolutionary flag detested by the leaders of the Islamic republic.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

Alberto Fujimori was a political outsider who won power in 1990 by sweeping up support among Peru’s poor masses who detested the establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Hockney detested the "cultural bossiness of New Labour" and joined the Countryside March in protest.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

For over 20 years, there has not been a single NHL player I detested more than Corey Perry, especially when he played for that other local team.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2025

Taken prisoner during the first federalist adventure, he managed to escape to Curaçao disguised in the garment he detested most in this world: a cassock.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

There’s messaging about neighbors with different political views co-existing amicably – or, if not that, detesting each other for reasons other than politics.

From Salon Feb. 6, 2025

“I’ve always had this sort of magical-thinking way of detesting my previous books as a way of pushing myself forward,” she told the Washington Square Review in 2015.

From Seattle Times Oct. 13, 2023

Also detesting the invasion is Maria Yumasheva, the 19-year-old daughter of Russian real estate developer Valentin Yumashev and his wife Tatyana Borisovna.

From Fox News Mar. 5, 2022

Fearing the power of the Huguenots and detesting their faith, the Guises created the Catholic League, an armed militia of Catholics that included armed monks, townsfolk, and soldiers.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

As to her taste for metaphysical books——Dear mother, I am very daring to differ with you in so many points; but permit me to say, that I do not agree with you in detesting metaphysics.

From Leonora by Maria Edgeworth




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