jealousy
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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
OpenAI says Musk is motivated by jealousy and regret for walking away from the company in 2018.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
"His lawsuit remains nothing more than a harassment campaign that's driven by ego, jealousy and a desire to slow down a competitor," OpenAI said of Musk in a recent X post.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
Ms. Adelman follows another part of the story: his successors’ greed for fame and money, their jealousy and grievances, until the trail of the specimens seems to grow cold—then picks it up again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
If Shakespeare could write about love and jealousy and hatreds, why couldn’t I?
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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