begrudge
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He will have to prove whatever allegations he makes in court — which he has repeatedly appeared to begrudge in recent interviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
But you didn’t work all these years not to enjoy life, so I’m not going to begrudge you your well-deserved vacations.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
And who could begrudge the two sisters their happily-ever-after?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Few will begrudge them the chance to add to that while they are in the spotlight.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
That approach had raised Oak Ridge from an unpopulated valley in remote Tennessee; when national security hung in the balance, as it did now, who would begrudge a few hundred thousand kilowatts?
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Yet Valentina is quick to say that she hardly begrudges her parents, whom she describes as both hard-working and deeply loving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
You will be hard-pressed to find anyone who begrudges her absence from the celebrations; in more than seven decades of service, she has given so much.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2022
No one begrudges the man who walked behind his mother’s coffin a rush of joy at the birth of his first child.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2019
No one begrudges a colleague trying to get ahead financially.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
That man has a shrivelled heart who begrudges the five pennies he pays to the newsboy who brings the world to his feet.
From The Abominations of Modern Society by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
All of this makes it strange to contemplate Pratt as a case of a man begrudged yet still watched for the same reason: his averageness.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2022
So are the Devils now begrudged in Denver?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
He should not be begrudged a desire to be paid his worth.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
Bonds finished his tarnished career with 762, though Aaron never begrudged someone eclipsing his mark.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 22, 2021
He had been able to bleed ten cents out of his mother for carfare home, although she had even begrudged him that.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
The crowd, which greeted Paul with boos before settling into sullen, begrudging applause when prodded, is fully prepared for a distraction.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
Experts say this genre, dubbed "AI slop" by some critics and begrudging viewers, is taking over social media feeds.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025
McKinnon heard the pride and sadness that crept into her grandmother’s voice and, because hope can’t be sustained indefinitely, a begrudging acceptance of his fate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2024
I want this to be a sort of begrudging connection.’”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
A champion of champions who would not eat frankfurters or fries from the hand of a begrudging host.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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