envy

Once the envy of China's tech scene, the startup behind the artificial intelligence agent tool Manus has become an example of how rivalry between global powers can ensnare young entrepreneurs' ambitions.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

He was the subject of fear, admiration, contempt, envy and lengthy newspaper and magazine treatments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Did wood-paneled station-wagon envy turn into Tesla full-self-driving envy?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

Castle said that, while he might criticize some of the government agency’s numbers or methodologies, he believes in the importance of the USDA, saying it’s “still the envy of the world in this sector.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

In the cottage, two old women stared, envy and hope mixing in their faces, at a tall, handsome woman with black hair and dark eyes and red, red lips.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

It’s also necessary to limit distortions to private-sector behavior, since private capital and competitive incentives drive the kind of innovation and financial firepower the rest of the world envies.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Sam, now 25, says he envies those who do want to become parents because the experience "clearly has" beauty and love in it.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

If your social-worker friend envies your designer clothes, you don’t have to ditch your Prada for rags, but it’s probably better not to festoon your outfit with your biggest diamond.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

“Here is a woman who has never been particularly jealous of any other woman, realizing that she deeply envies this chair,” the film’s narrator, voiced by Melanie Griffith, says.

From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026

He envies her students suddenly, seeing her without fail, three times a week, pictures them gathered together around a table, staring at her continuously as she writes on the board.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The 67-year-old breast cancer survivor, who consults on sustainable textiles and runs a small farmers market, would never have her own property sprayed with pesticides, but admits to having envied neighbors who did.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Perhaps the market shoppers I envied had simply made a few decisions before everything started charming them.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Men's doubles is one area of the sport where British tennis is undoubtedly envied.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Some former classmates are speculating about his mental health and whether he envied Loureiro’s successful career.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

After all, monkeys, living in trees, must have felt a need to fly, must have envied the birds around them.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

It’s during the voice-over when Henry recalls as a boy envying the wiseguys who hung out at the pizza parlor and taxi stand across the street from his home.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2022

She might be several years younger than Jo but is an educated adult woman, and envying her orphan cousin is morally repugnant.

From Slate ● May 5, 2021

Instead of envying parts of the country that will be legally allowed to mix on Christmas Day, she thought London’s Covid restrictions had been comparatively looser for the most part of the year.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2020

“You shouldn’t be envying those other people,” Siegel says of my depression over lacking a social bubble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2020

I waved to them, envying their carefree ways, and soon they were far away, a little yellow spot bobbing on the water.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan