detest
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Not only does the Korean magnate understandably detest that style, she has no love for Lindsay either.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
The difficulty, of course, is that most Canadians detest Mr. Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Carey shares that he used to detest wealthy people, before laughing and noting the irony — his career has made him rich.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 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 American television,” Moushumi eventually declares to everyone’s delight, then wanders into the hallway to continue her reading.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Mensah is a maternal figure who insists that Murderbot show its human face, although the cyborg detests eye contact.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
Judging from his previous term in office, we can be sure that every one of the people around him knows how he detests being disagreed with.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
When he pens an exploitative work, like another recent bestseller he detests, he is astonished to get a lucrative publishing deal and a movie offer.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
Beijing detests Lai, whom it believes is a separatist.
From Reuters ● Oct. 23, 2023
“The whale abhors chaos; the squid detests order. Is this ship not the bastard child of both?”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
He detested beards, thought them all fakes—his bearded Georgian father had died in 1937.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 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
The U.S. could soon have the “universally detested Temu Greyhound of the Skies.”
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
"I was not a supporter of British imperialism, in fact I detested it," Yavar tells me.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
The God of War, son of Zeus and Hera, both of whom, Homer says, detested him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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
If you already detest Dr. Phil, they will shore up your conviction that he is indeed worth detesting.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
Danton strove to unite all partisans of the Revolution in defence of the country; but the Girondins, detesting his character and fearing his ambition, Fall of the Girondins.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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