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Among the attributes of Lena Dunham that her detractors detest is the quality of her voice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

She wants revenge without dwelling on its cause or her trauma — a word Hester would surely detest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025

Not only do the Fremen detest colonizers mining their planet for spice and often attack them, the mining operation is also a dangerous activity in and of itself.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

His detractors are loathe to admit this because they would then have to admit that they too are oddly compelled towards him even as they detest him.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024

“There is no culture or refinement here. That’s what I detest about this restaurant,” Zell said.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

She said she detests the shift toward app and kiosk ordering at locations in her area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Reilly said he loves being able to offer affordable food, as he "detests" waste of any kind.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Mensah is a maternal figure who insists that Murderbot show its human face, although the cyborg detests eye contact.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025

Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

Gauguin detests “messing about in the medium,” he tells Bernard.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

A boisterous protest greeted fans arriving at SoFi stadium in Los Angeles, with demonstrators waving the pre-revolutionary flag detested by the leaders of the Islamic republic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

His father, Kenneth, was a conscientious objector who detested social injustice, nuclear weapons and smoking in equal measure.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The U.S. could soon have the “universally detested Temu Greyhound of the Skies.”

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

As much as he detested the abuse that officials received, he was clear that fielding some boos was part of the job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Maira, then, and Klymene, and that detested queen, Eriphyle, who betrayed her lord for gold ... but how name all the women I beheld there, daughters and wives of kings?

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

There’s messaging about neighbors with different political views co-existing amicably – or, if not that, detesting each other for reasons other than politics.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2025

“I’ve always had this sort of magical-thinking way of detesting my previous books as a way of pushing myself forward,” she told the Washington Square Review in 2015.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023

Also detesting the invasion is Maria Yumasheva, the 19-year-old daughter of Russian real estate developer Valentin Yumashev and his wife Tatyana Borisovna.

From Fox News ● Mar. 5, 2022

Fearing the power of the Huguenots and detesting their faith, the Guises created the Catholic League, an armed militia of Catholics that included armed monks, townsfolk, and soldiers.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

And this, no doubt, is due to the fact that the Chinese are alone among nations of the earth in detesting violence and cultivating reason.

From Appearances Being Notes of Travel by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson