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hater

[hey-ter] / ˈheɪ tər /


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Call me a Dow hater, if you must.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

You can be the biggest New York sports hater on the planet, I understand, but how do you not love this player, this team, just a little?

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The average person you meet on the street, the odds of them being a Jew hater are not better than them liking Jews.

From Slate Dec. 19, 2025

Just this week, a self-proclaimed zucchini hater sought out recipes that mask zucchini’s “unappealing” texture and “watery” taste.

From Salon Jun. 14, 2025

I don’t want to seem like a hater.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi

Allman said he can tell when haters get his wife angry.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

California’s corporate haters say they try to avoid the state’s high costs, income taxes and strict regulations, but the western state is still a top money maker.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2026

A one-off single, released last October, it's a delicious takedown of Le Sserafim's haters, that asks the question: "If we're really that terrible, how come you're so obsessed?"

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

His mistake was to try to destroy a man whose greatest nemesis was himself, and that singular, burning focus of Mozart’s earned him immortality regardless of what his haters threw at him.

From Salon May 16, 2026

My feet push me past those haters, toward the microphone, and plant themselves center stage.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles




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