jealousy
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Burke and Hernandez got into an argument the night before prosecutors say she was killed, with the teen expressing frustration and jealousy over Burke’s relationships with other women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
But its soaring atriums decorated with onyx and green marble could hardly be better calculated to induce jealousy in Trump, who frequently raves about the opulent dwellings of other foreign leaders.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Rodrigo's as likely to reveal her ugly side – jealousy, obsession, self-destructive decision making – as she is to rant about her feckless exes.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Or you can get riled up with impatience, jealousy and/or dismay with a self-confessed couple who has everything, including $6 million set aside for retirement, and still want advice.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
And the reason of Admiral Boom’s jealousy was that Miss Lark had two gates.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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"Within darts there is always going to be back-biting, jealousies but what you see from Beau is what you get and she has time for everyone, whoever you are."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
There were also tensions and petty jealousies between different sets of increasingly overwhelmed foster parents and with Sothea, who controlled the project’s purse strings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
On top of those digital-age preoccupations, Russell sought to indict the petty jealousies that exist among men — a subject, he thinks, that remains taboo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
He has his own jealousies and competitiveness with the family.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2023
“I should have been wary, though. I knew that I had enemies. There were jealousies, al-ways, and there were rivals. It was a way of life here. Perhaps it still is.”
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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