resent
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Nancy did, which Debbie loved hearing about but didn’t resent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 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
They don’t resent Mr. Trump because he was born into wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
After all, his ancestors are from Africa, like those of the son-in-law she used to resent so much.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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"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
Mina resents when Sade harps on the inequities of their childhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 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
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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
I was wearing my best armor: a black dress that accentuated my curves, a striped bolero to cover the arms I’ve resented for years and black platform sandals displaying ruby toes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
He says the absence of a father never felt like a void and he never resented his mum, Emily, or wished his family was any different.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
She had resented them for taking Percy away from her.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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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
Without discounting the harshness of that imposed acculturation, he thanked what it gained him rather than resenting the means.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
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
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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