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loathe

[lohth] / loʊð /


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The Vances, however, can’t seem to shake off suspicions that they loathe each other, no matter how many smiles they flash at the camera.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

"Maybe some people do loathe me, and that's probably true, I don't care," he said later.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Pratt’s loudest fans fundamentally loathe modern-day L.A., and that should chill all other Angelenos.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

England would be loathe to change both openers.

From BBC May 11, 2026

I lay my head down on my scrunched-up knees and close my eyes, even though I loathe the darkness.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Whether one loves them or loathes them, the ubiquitous Big Mac burger is pretty much identical the whole world over.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

As a feminist who loathes the idea of toxic masculinity, I’ve worked to understand what is going on with the sexes these days.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

"Head coach Eddie Howe loathes to lose long-serving players in January, but this could yet be one to watch if Newcastle sense an opportunity to sign a summer target a few months early."

From BBC Jan. 1, 2026

Like a hostess who secretly loathes her guests, Shelley encourages her characters to flatter themselves and expose their braggadocio.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2025

“Only that he loathes school and wishes to come home.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

Eight months ago, no one in college football was as widely loathed as Lane Kiffin.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

If there’s one constant in this country besides death and taxes, it’s how quickly descendants of immigrants, and sometimes immigrants themselves, forget how loathed their ethnic group was and how they proved the haters wrong.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Thirteen years on, receiving a 10-minute clip from a friend, telling you about a complex family feud or workplace drama, is an experience that is loved by some and loathed by others.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

The US president may be loathed, mocked or feared by many in Europe -- White says the job of representing him is "pretty easy".

From Barron's Apr. 21, 2026

They stayed for tea, of course, and instead of a lazy nibbling of cucumber sandwiches under the chestnut tree, we had the paraphernalia of a stiff tea in the drawing-room, which I always loathed.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Here is where I’m required to offer a throat-clearing assertion that everyone else’s marriage is a mystery, and that we can never know the depths of love or loathing from the outside.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2026

“Last summer there was lots of kind of fear and loathing about AI,” Lichtenberg said, “and I feel like there’s been a vibe shift.”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

Michael Jackson is a prime example of this conundrumFor his millions of devotees their love for him is rivalled in intensity only by their seething loathing for his critics.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

“We wear your loathing with pride,” Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a post on X addressed to S&P, adding that the company “is and remains extremely profitable.”

From Barron's Nov. 27, 2025

Every step was reluctant, and time seemed to slow its pace, so that between the raising of a foot and the setting of it down minutes of loathing passed.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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