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resent

[ri-zent] / rɪˈzɛnt /


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Consumers resent energy-price jumps exacerbated by the spread of data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Second, if she outlives him, I assume his children might resent her, since that could tie up a sizable portion of their inheritance.

From MarketWatch Mar. 3, 2026

Putting aside the feelings of the Greenlanders—who rightly resent being voluntold for statehold—the risks likely outweigh any rewards.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 2026

Or maybe you love what a little ginger does to soups or oatmeal but resent the peeling and grating it demands.

From Salon Jan. 5, 2026

Dofta Leila had always doted on her daughter-in-law, so much so that Dedd sometimes worried that Leila’s five daughters would resent her.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

But although Adrian soon picks up a camera as well, increasingly interested in being a filmmaker himself, he resents how his father intrudes on their time together by constantly shooting their conversations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

"As she said in her own memoir, she resents that others defined her the first time around," Jellison told the BBC.

From BBC Jan. 30, 2026

Because there’s one thing worse than hunkering down during a snowstorm — and that’s doing so with someone who resents your spending.

From MarketWatch Jan. 25, 2026

She also resents some LGBTQ+ advocates’ comparisons of transgender oppression to racial oppression, which she sees as illogical.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Though in Werner’s weaker moments, he resents those same qualities in his sister.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

In a court brief, federal prosecutors allege the man who started the Palisades fire resented the rich and idolized Luigi Mangione.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

By the end, the dressing room had fractured into three camps: a small group of loyalists, a larger group who actively resented him, and a numb majority who had simply stopped caring.

From BBC May 13, 2026

In his Substack post, Burry resented being called “the boy who cried wolf,” saying the media has “misread regulatory filings” and has said he was calling for a “crash” when he didn’t use the word.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

He’s long resented her inability to contain the frenzy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.

From Slate Apr. 4, 2026

He resented Mrs. Van Hopper and her like with their intruding questions.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Instead of resenting success, can’t we be grateful when achievement is fairly earned?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

“When loneliness hits them and the lack of a social support system, they start resenting the locals and perhaps even avoid meeting them and isolate themselves.”

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

“When you don’t plan for joy, you end up either overspending impulsively or depriving yourself and resenting your money plan.”

From MarketWatch Mar. 27, 2026

It sounds like you are resenting your family silently without expressing your concerns to them.

From Slate Nov. 7, 2022

Knot had taken on the project of teaching Nailer to read, and it hadn’t taken long for Nailer to begin resenting the tedium of book learning.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi




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