dislike
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While some presidents have clearly enjoyed Camp David more than others, Trump has made no secret of his deep dislike of it.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
"You can dislike me or disagree about what happened without being racist," Gauff wrote.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
From villages deep in the Amazon rainforest to the agricultural heartlands in the south and sprawling urban favelas, Brazilians are facing a familiar cast -- with many forced to pick who they least dislike.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
He appears to sincerely dislike the idea that his candidacy should be a story about his identity at all.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
A lot of people still dislike the highway, but Katz and I quite warmed to it.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Cage solved my next problem by insisting that the way to discover new things is to overcome our dependence on our likes and dislikes, those supposed pillars of criticism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Whether or not someone dislikes rankings, one has to acknowledge that there are huge differences in how universities educate students,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
"The challenge goes way beyond just putting AI into a robot," said Lian Jye Su from technology research group Omdia, who dislikes the term "physical AI" for downplaying the complexity of the hardware solutions needed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
James Piper, co-host of the Talking Rubbish podcast, co-owner of Ecosurety, said he dislikes BuzzBallz because of how difficult they are to recycle.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
In the first example, Basil dislikes shorts on the woman.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Half of Americans told Pew they were very concerned about AI's role in the economy, while 59 percent said they disliked political leaders supporting data centers in the respondents' localities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Brolin explained exactly what he disliked about the neighborhood, noting: “I like a little grit. You know what I mean? There’s not a lot of grit in Sandy Springs.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The report found Letby had ignored management instructions when she disliked them and shouted at her manager.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
He rarely issued press releases, didn’t convene news conferences, and disliked raising campaign money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
And so she appeased Tochi, putting America down, talking only about the things she, too, disliked about America, exaggerating her non-American accent, until the conversation became an enervating charade.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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When the bubble is big enough, it shifts the behavior of the market as a whole from disliking capital expenditure, and hating speculative capital spending in particular, to loving it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
Some readers confessed to never having seen the film whose soundtrack they love; others even reported disliking it.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2024
Perhaps the baseball karma gods took a disliking to Kepler’s heads-up play because Seattle reeled off four runs in the top of the ninth inning as the Twins imploded.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
“This idea of disliking your boss and hating your job is as old as time,” Anicich said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
Bears and cats lived deeper in, perhaps disliking the sooty reek of our district.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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