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loathe

[lohth] / loʊð /


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The Vances, however, can’t seem to shake off suspicions that they loathe each other, no matter how many smiles they flash at the camera.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

"Maybe some people do loathe me, and that's probably true, I don't care," he said later.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

“They’re loathe to really critique some of the foundational problems like a real ideological opponent would.”

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

Alva director Bernard Donoghue OBE said: "Visitor attractions are the places that people prize most and provide the experiences that people, even in a cost-of-living crisis, are most loathe to give up."

From BBC Mar. 19, 2026

I lay my head down on my scrunched-up knees and close my eyes, even though I loathe the darkness.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Whether one loves them or loathes them, the ubiquitous Big Mac burger is pretty much identical the whole world over.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

As a feminist who loathes the idea of toxic masculinity, I’ve worked to understand what is going on with the sexes these days.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

"Head coach Eddie Howe loathes to lose long-serving players in January, but this could yet be one to watch if Newcastle sense an opportunity to sign a summer target a few months early."

From BBC Jan. 1, 2026

Strangers confuse him with another Austrian-born director, Fritz Lang, and Pabst’s American movie, “A Modern Hero,” fashioned from a script he loathes, is a flop.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2025

"My royal brother loves tournaments and feasts," Renly Baratheon said, "and he loathes what he calls 'counting coppers.'"

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

This included posting a tweet featuring the slogan "Get Brexit Done" in Comic Sans, a font loathed by graphic designers.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

The controversies have coincided with a drop in Reform polling support and in popularity for Farage, long a divisive figure loved and loathed in largely equal measure.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Eight months ago, no one in college football was as widely loathed as Lane Kiffin.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The jingle first aired in the 1990s and has been loved and loathed by listeners ever since.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

A lot of it was about her, how exhausted she’d been, how difficult one of her donors was, how much she loathed this nurse or that doctor.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

There was, however, “a serpent lurking in the long grass”—to wit, Thatcher, for whom Mr. Kidd has the purest loathing.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

“We wear your loathing with pride,” Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino said in a post on X addressed to S&P, adding that the company “is and remains extremely profitable.”

From Barron's Nov. 27, 2025

Of course he shares the same loathing of FEMA.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2025

I didn’t think my level of loathing for the Max sequel to HBO’s “Sex and the City” could get any higher, and just like that, along came Season 3.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2025

Sirius and Snape were eyeing each other with the utmost loathing.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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