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resent

[ri-zent] / rɪˈzɛnt /


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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

"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

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

“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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