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hater

[hay-ter] / ˈheɪ tər /


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Call me a Dow hater, if you must.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

It’s always hard to turn around a hater.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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

Perhaps it’s one long defense of being a hater, as a Forbes story published a few weeks ago posits.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2025

But better a mumbler than a hater, I say.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

Confront your haters: Speaking of human relationships in the digital age, staff writer Luke Winkie recently went on a deep dive into Slate’s storied comment section.

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

My four Holocaust-survivor grandparents achieved the American dream in part by making the haters irrelevant.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

These haters would be his primary constituents and populate his brain trust if he wins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 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

“Some of the parents, they’re too scared; but that’s not all the adults. I know others will resist. We have to ignore the haters and not worry about what they’ll think.”

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed


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