despised

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Other such eastern refuges were established, and it looked for a time as if the problem of how to preserve America’s most despised animal had been found.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

It’s about understanding that that the removal of a single despised figurehead isn’t enough.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Hamilton despised those with “no principle but to get money.”

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

Part of Lord Mandelson's mystique - and one of the reasons why he is despised by some in the Labour movement - is his love of political intrigue, gossip and plots.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

Then, being endowed with many virtues that made him venerable, while he was alive he always held both the one order and the other within their limits, and he was never either hated or despised.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli