resent
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Nancy did, which Debbie loved hearing about but didn’t resent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
The more we fear something, the more we come to quietly resent it.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 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
That Europeans and Canadians resent being spoken to in this way is self-indulgent on our part.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
I resent that she’s logged into my private e-mails.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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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
"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
He cites Dambisa Moyo, the Zambian-born economist and aid critic, who resents the fact that aid policy has, as she puts it, “been left to musicians who reside outside Africa.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Brandon shoots Pua a look that says he resents being called clumsy, but he doesn’t argue with her story.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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"I think he really resented how loved she was, and how revered she was, and how adored she was, and that was actually part of why he wanted to destroy her."
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Many community members also resented attempts by these organizations to work with local politicians who were criticized for their handling of the disaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
He’s long resented her inability to contain the frenzy surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein files.
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2026
I understood why Ilana resented the assignment—I too had bristled when my parents insisted I read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
I really resented him wanting to please all that bad.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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“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
I grew up Hasidic and spent much of my adult life resenting it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Ohtani isn’t self-destructive like Puig and therefore won’t decline as a player like Puig, but that won’t stop his teammates from resenting him if they become exhausted of speaking on his behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
I was too busy resenting Barack for managing to fit workouts into his schedule, for example, to even begin figuring out how to exercise regularly myself.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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