resent
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What I resent is what’s happened around the money.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Many year-round residents resent the notion that wealthy second-home owners can purchase a piece of beach and prevent locals from using it, said Lisa Stewart, who moved to the island in the 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"I think a lot of country folk just want to be left alone to breed their sheep and hang their moles and resent people who come to the countryside with different views," he says.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 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
And even though the rules were set up by the Capitol, not the districts, certainly not Madge's family, it's hard not to resent those who don't have to sign up for tesserae.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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Related: ‘I’d rather be on a beach in Bali’: My husband resents my $8 million net worth.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
She just knows she resents Scott for using AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Spending her Saturday not in uniform but in a T-shirt and jeans, she would like to enjoy a coffee outside -- and resents that her more religious compatriots think otherwise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He has been at the teaching job he resents and she has been frantically preparing for the dinner party she may not have told him about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
He resents his presence in their flat, but he can't tell Mutti no, and so he says yes, for Mutti's sake.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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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
He’s long resented her inability to contain the frenzy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026
The naughty boys who played on bomb sites resented the legend of heroism but took pride in capturing the flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026
He radiated sorrow and bitterness, as if he were so wrapped up in his own misery that he resented Annabeth for trying to make him focus on anything else.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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“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
I grew up Hasidic and spent much of my adult life resenting it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
She’s still reeling from her father’s death while also resenting having to parent Robbie’s kids after his wife abandoned them.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025
It sounds like you are resenting your family silently without expressing your concerns to them.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2022
It doesn't bother me what you do with him,' Kingshaw spoke furiously, resenting everything about the way Fielding was, with Hooper.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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