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detest

[dih-test] / dɪˈtɛst /


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The difficulty, of course, is that most Canadians detest Mr. Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

People detest her and Prince Harry for stepping back from their royal duties and even more so for going public about what life was like for them.

From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025

So can a bridge be built between those who detest the love locks, and those who want them to stay in Bakewell?

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024

“I detest it, the mere idea of it,” Freeman told Variety in a recent interview about “The Gray House,” a historical drama series about the work of Union spies during the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

Nana Dee and Aunt J detest each other.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

"He does not want to back down, and he does want to take on Pierre Poilievre, whom he detests," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2024

Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.

From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023

Crawford detests being out of the lineup for any reason.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

How she changes her look almost daily—how she detests the idea of choosing one royal appearance for life.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

She detested the East Coast avatars of apocalypse, like Nathanael West, who saw only doom and gloom in sunny L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

Both parties found voters on the doorsteps who disliked the government and detested the prime minister.

From BBC ● May 9, 2026

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

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

He was French-born, blind in one eye, and he detested inefficiency and failure.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

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

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

The former Liga MX star wasn’t shy about detesting powerhouse Tigres UANL.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 13, 2021

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

In this hatred he confused the innocent with the guilty, detesting all the great nobles and taking a delight in humbling any of them he did not exile.

From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun


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