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jealous

[jel-uhs] / ˈdʒɛl əs /


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It showed that women don’t have to be jealous of each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

I can’t do it, because I’m jelly, jelly jealous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Prosecutors said Rumiantsev had been jealous of the woman's friendship with Trump.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But I think I felt really jealous that he got to go to work every day and just be alone with his thoughts.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

If I am honest I think I was a little jealous, and maybe this was why I was heartily sick of hearing Mutti going on and on about her confounded elephant.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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